My grandniece, Brooklyn Killinger has grown up so much this year. Her pictures took me by surprise a little bit. Sometimes you just don’t notice the changes…until you do. I guess that is typical of a girl turning 12 years old. Brooklyn has become a beautiful young lady. She loves all things girly. She has been asking stepmom, Lacey Killinger to get acrylic nails, so they went for her birthday to make that dream happen, and Brooklyn in totally obsessed with her new nails. Coming into the preteen years, Brooklyn is very much into makeup and skin care. She discovered Ulta Beauty, and wants to go every chance she gets. She also has her own makeup model…her little brother Jaxon. She makes him sit in her room so she can practice makeup on him. Thankfully, Jaxon is patient and loves his sister, so he “tolerates” being the model…for now.
In addition to being a girly girl, Brooklyn is an athlete. She is really into volleyball, and she has basically been playing it all year through different places. She doesn’t want volleyball to be just a few weeks during the school year. We all know that the more you play a game, the better you get, so I’m sure that Brooklyn is a great 
player. Brooklyn will be starting 7th grade in the fall, which used to mean junior high school, but now the kids start middle school in 6th grade, so she won’t be going to a new school. Nevertheless, she will be moving into the upper group of middle school, and no longer the newbie age. Kids change so much in middle school, that is it really shocking…to us adults anyway.
Brooklyn’s birthday party for her friends and family was held over the weekend at the Aquatic Center, and everyone had an absolute blast. Now that summer is almost here, Brooklyn is very excited for camping with her parents Chris and Lacey Killinger and brother, Jaxon, but she will probably bring a friend for the first time too, 
because she’s at that age now, where she doesn’t want to just play with her brother anymore. She is very excited to be able to bring a friend camping. It will be a whole new experience for them both. Of course, Brooklyn is still very excited about getting to spend more time with cousins Elliott and Maya. The girls live in Sheridan, so Brooklyn and Jaxon don’t get to see them as much as they would like to. They are so close, especially Brooklyn and Maya. Maya, being the youngest of the cousins, and Brooklyn being the oldest of the cousins, means that Maya thinks Brooklyn hung the moon, and Brooklyn just loves playing with Maya. The summer looks to be shaping up into a great time for all. Today is Brooklyn’s 12th birthday. Happy birthday Brooklyn!! Have a great day!! We love you!!
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