Ulschmid Utopia: Our Christmas Celebrations 2009

We had a long and eventful Chrismtas...kind of glad to be back to a normal routine, but it sure was fun while it lasted. We had our own family Christmas the Saturday before to make sure we didn't get rushed. Kamalee really enjoyed the wrapping paper :) We bought her a furreal puppy that barks and his head moves when you rub his back. I was so excited. I thought she would just love it since puppy is about the only animal she is familiar with. So much for that...she was scared. It was so funny. For the first couple hours she spent most of her time trying to enjoy her other gifts while keeping one eye on the pup. Somehow he kept getting close to her when she wasn't looking...(naughty daddy). Finally after we finished and just let her play, she made her way to him and started kissing him. Next we found her throwing him across the room. A little love hate thing going on her. One minute she is smooching him the next throwing. Silly girl.

Then we all met early at my sister's for my family's Christmas. We had about 30 people staying at one house for 2 days. That was quite interesting but ended up working out.....with 0 casualties! Christmas day we had to postpone Chrismtas with Justin's mom due to the weather, but it allowed us to rest up a couple days before starting again. We finished up our Christmas celebrations with Justin's Mom and Dad on Sunday. All in all it was a really great Christmas. We were so Blessed to be able to be with all of our family, at some point. Here are some pictures of the celebrations...

Miss Ashlyn taking my picture