Mills Family: A Hoop Daze

This Memorial Day was definitely a scorcher!

So, what did we find to do on a 90 something degree day?

Splash around in a pool?

Nope

Fly around in a drop top convertible

catching every available breeze?

Not a chance...

Instead, on this hot sticky day we chose

to visit those who found pleasure standing in the heat

reading an instruction manuel

to assemble many black and silver metal parts

for the goal of one day spending hours

on another hot day throwing a basketball

into an orange metal ring

swishing through a white net...

It actually reminded me of a nursery rhyme...

This is the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the box that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

These are the tools that screwed on the bolts
that came in the box
that held the parts
that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the gauge that measured the water

that held down the base

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the sister

that screwed on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the brother that watched the sister
that screwed on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the pole that held up the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

These are the girls that pushed the glasses

that read the manuel

that pictured the pole

that held up the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the concentration

that figured out the manuel

that pictured the pole

that held up the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the brother that posed with the net

that hangs on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the leg that fit through the net

that hangs on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the star that will one day slam dunk the hoop

that hangs on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

These are the sisters that rest on the base

that holds up the pole

that held up the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.

This is the end

of the silly rhyme

that talks of the net

that hangs on the backboard

that held the bolts

that came in the box

that held the parts

that made up the hoop that Kyle built.