Agatha went to the vet for the first time in a while this week. She has early stage renal failure going on, and reportedly has somewhere between 6 months and 2 years left. Which is expected for a 17-year-old cat, but still sad news. On an unrelated note, Beth made pickles for the first time this week. They were good but a bit too salty. Friday we had small group Bible study at the Myers' house (the roads by our house are all torn up, and it's easier for everyone to go somewhere else), but wound up just talking and visiting all evening. We left just after the impromptu backyard bonfire started because the kids were getting intolerably tired, and got home just before 10 pm, to a call from Laura asking if I was going to log on for the fantasy football draft (I had forgotten, but got on just in time). So I tag teamed drafting and getting the kids to bed, and ended up with a decent team, I think (Larry Fitzgerald!) Saturday, Beth and the kids and I drove up to Potato Creek to visit the campers who were there (the usual suspects). We brought the kids' bikes, and they rode around like champs - even Alex, who had warmed to the idea of riding with no training wheels since his broke off a couple weeks ago. He rode all around by himself or with the other kids all day. Brian and I took our bikes and went geocaching with them, and wound up being gone much longer than planned. All of the Myers and Knight families (except Alex, who wanted to stay behind and play) started out, but the walking was going to be too much for the girls so they went back, and Brian and I got the bikes and took off. It was a long ride, good thing the ladies all went back because it would have been much too much for Missy. We completed an entire circle tour of the park by the time we were done and found 2 caches, probably rode about 6 miles altogether. Found out later we were riding on hiking only trails, bikes aren't allowed. Sorry, our bad. The kids and women had been to the lake and returned by the time we got back. We left a little while after dinner. Today was Lily's birthday party. the McCoys were going but didn't want to go all the way home and all the way back, so we all got Subway and had lunch at Center Lake Park. But, it was so hot we all decided to come to our house and let the kids play in the sprinkler until the party. Good call, all 6 of them had a super time in the sprinkler and pool and were all refreshed and ready for the party. We had dinner at Golden Corral as a last meal...school starts tomorrow morning!