family reunions and such

The John/Dorothy Bus/Susan team had charge of the Gillespie family reunion this year. We actually met a couple of times, did some planning, looked over the venue and were kind of ready to go when this week actually hit us between the eyes. John was out of town until Friday evening, we couldn't find a projector, Aunt Laura informed us that she couldn't come, JoAnn flooded their basement (and I mean flooded!) and rain was in the forecast. So we made an early morning executive decision it cancel or at least delay the reunion for a couple of weeks. Nearly every sibling I talked to said "Oh thanks". Which gave me pause (not paws, or else I wouldn't be able to type this)...Does anyone really want a reunion? Deep in my left ventricle I believe they do but life just gets heaped up at certain times and this was one of them. My goal is to come up with the stress free family reunion that allows us to get together but doesn't make it such a big deal that people are happy it ain't happening. We are hoping to use the Labor Day Monday, then we won't have to think of something else to do for Labor Day...which would essentially be just another level of family reunion.