marky boy // basketball

Sport is where an entire life can be compressed 

into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime

can be felt on an acre or two of ground,

where a person can suffer and die and rise again on six miles of trails

through a New York City park.  

Sport is a theater where sinner can turn saint

and a common man become an uncommon hero,

where the past and the future can fuse with the present. 

Sport is singularly able

to give us peak experiences

where we feel completely one with the world

and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential. 

-George A. Sheehan

I've honestly never met another 10-year old boy who can throw, dribble, or hit a ball as well as this boy can. I know I sound like an insufferable, boasting older sister, but it's true. Mark is a Jack-of-all trades, he's good at everything he tries. Basketball, football, tennis, baseball, ultimate, hockey, you name it and he's done it with success.
I'm dreading the day when he outruns me, I'll never live it down ;)

xo,
hannah

mark-y boy || portraits

Just a few photos for you on this lazy Sunday! My hands were itching to hold my camera and shoot, so I snagged Mark for literally two minutes and produced these photos. 

What have you been doing this weekend?

xo,

hannah

mark || birthday portraits

Ah, Mark. Let me just rave for a second:
This kid never fails to put a smile on my face. He is hilarious. And so.... nice, just all around kind-hearted. I honestly can't believe he's ten-well, almost ten. His birthday is tomorrow. He's grown up so fast!

When I said to him yesterday that I wanted to get some end-of-being-nine/beginning-of-being-ten shots, he just shrugged. I guess ten-year-old boys think they're too cool to have a camera stuck in their faces by their sisters. But today when I said "Mark, let's go, photo shoot time." he didn't argue. At first he wasn't looking forward to it. I mean, how could sitting around and smiling be fun? BUT, since I am an *cough cough* amazing big sister, I got creative.
The first thing I told him to do?
Sprint.

almost-done-with-shoot reward ;)

I was seriously amazed at how... smart he was in front of the camera. He thought of all his poses himself and was super cooperative.
Thanks for being one of my best models Mark, happy birthday! I love you!
Which photo is your favorite?

-hannah
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