Well, August is upon us. The garden is bursting with cucumbers, and tomatoes are hanging from the plants waiting for just the right amount of sunshine to ripen them to fruition. The corn is tasseling and on our travels we found a site to behold, a field with acres of sunflowers in bloom.
It really was an incredible site!
This picture of Nathan in front of the field is a little bit deceiving as the sunflowers stand at least six feet tall. It should be a great year for the grower.
On another note, you might wonder what our back yard and Minute Maid Park, the home field for the Houston Astros, have in common.
As it turns out, there is a flag pole in center field that comes into play at Minute Maid Field.
Well the way that the boundaries fell for our backyard badminton court, our basketball pole comes into play. Above Steve is trying to make a return without knocking himself out on the pole.
We have been playing badminton almost every evening this past week. Nathan is doing his best with his off hand as he gets over his broken hand, and Sean is really getting the hang of it.
The competition got pretty serious between Sean and Steve. Here Steve is getting things rolling with a serve.
A few times Steve managed to get Sean to cross his feet up, sending him to the ground.
We may need to equip the court with instant replay, as Sean tries to make the case that the last shot was clearly out of bounds.
In the end, Steve was victorious. He was heard across the neighborhood saying “Who’s your Daddy!” as he lifted his arms in victory.
These will be a couple of fond memories of the summer of 2008.
