Christmas 2009...I know I'm late

This year we were graced by my family who drove all the way to Utah from NC to visit us for Christmas! It was great to see them especially since it's been a few years. We got to play games together, catch up on life, and just generally have a good time...after all, that is what the holidays are about eh? From left to right: my dad, my mom, and my sister Marisa.
My (little, or maybe just younger) brother Michael and I.We received lots of great fun stuff this year as usual. The tangible gifts were great, but the memories were better. For example, my older brother Daniel and my sister-in-law Kristen gifted us all a trip to Brighton Ski Resort to go snowboarding. This was my second time going snowboarding and it was way more fun than my first because I fell less. And it was nice to have that memory to share with my family.
Mikayla didn't get much this year because she's only one, but we don't think she minded. Victoria is really good at sharing things with her also and so she assumes that whatever Victoria gets is hers as well...which is kind of true.
For Victoria this year, we got her one of those motorized cars that cost like $300 in the store. But, of course, if you know anything about us Rileys you know that of course we did not pay that ridiculous price! John used his good bargain hunting skills and found one at DI for $25. It needed a new battery which costs us around $50. We then cleaned it up and made it look new. It used to have these stickers that I called "moo stickers" because it looked like cow print, but now the car is totally cool. Victoria's reaction? Just what we had hoped for (see video)...