Thanksgiving Trip

We spent the last week in northern California with Mike's sister Cheryl, her husband Jon, stepson Devon (17), and the rest of their family (3 dogs, 2 cats, 2 tortoises, a bird, 2 cows). We use to go visit them at least once a year but have not been to their house in over 3 years. The kids were very excited which made for a long, noisy drive. It was nice to get there and not have any real plans. Over the week we went skateboarding, visited friends, did a little outlet shopping, and just spent time with Cheryl, Jon, & Devon as well as each other. The trip got a little "exciting" on Thanksgiving went Devon got hurt playing football and ended up with a broken neck. He was ok, very lucky actually, but spent the rest of our time their in the hospital. He had a 6 hour operation to repair his neck and will have a couple months of recovery ahead, but should be back to new in a few months.