I think you can easily say that it's just not feasible what with the horses and with Ecurb's job situation and thank you very much, but you won't be able to make it.
If it's anything to you, I'm one of those churchy types that don't like these kinds of things either! LOL!
One of them ~is~ in Bellevue next April. We could conceivably drive it each day and not need a farm sitter. That's the thing. We just still really don't want to go.