Not a good sign.
After limping back home, and resolving to get the van into our mechanic on Monday, we had a totally awesome day with the kids.
We puttered around the house and yard for a while. I thinned out my veggies (and am looking forward to the wonderful salad they will make for our BBQ tomorrow) then took the kids to hide from the heat in the air conditioned theater. We saw Finding Nemo. Good movie. There are many jokes that fly over the kids heads and have the adults in stitches with laughter.
From there we went to check out the pool at the Y down the road from our local one. We had been hearing rumors about the pool at this one being more family and entertainment oriented than ours is. We found this to be quite true. There is a "family pool" for recreation, including two water slides. There is a kiddie pool with a shower/fountain, no one under about 5 allowed in it (well, except their parents), and the "big" pool which is oriented more towards instruction, competition and laps.
We topped the day off at the China Buffet. I think #1 & #2 put away more than every other patron in the place combined. I think with teenage boys, a buffet a week may be in order just to ensure that for at least one meal a week they get all they want to eat! I wish I knew where they put all the food they ate!