We had a well planned weekend go completely awry, but it was still very nice. This past weekend, we were supposed to go to Dubuque to the Mississippi River Museum with my father on Saturday, then spend Sunday at the beach with friends. The funeral for my aunt's boyfriend was Saturday morning, so we attended that. While it was heartbreaking to see my aunt struggling and sad to say goodbye to Ron, it was still nice to see family we don't get to see often, nice to give my aunt a huge hug and watch the girls hug her while they made plans for the next tea party, and nice to talk with a cousin I have see far too little of over the years. Life is a circle, and in our community each funeral is followed by a luncheon to visit and remember.

After the funeral, we stopped by Madison, since we were so close. We had two merchandise credit cards to use up a couple of stores. Kohls was having 50% off most of their summer stuff, so I actually *gasp* bought some clothing for myself. We then stopped by the IL's house, so they wouldn't come down on Sunday. MIL had talked with Luis earlier in the week and told him that they were coming down on Sunday. After Luis told her we had plans, she got all huffy and told him we *had* to be there.

We got home to find out that our friends had a sick child, so would not be coming to the lake with us on Sunday. We took the boat and went out for a while; the girls had lots of fun and Vincent didn't scream. :) We went to the beach for a while afterwards.

It was an unplanned weekend, with some very sad points, but it was all together good and a pleasant time together as a family.