Tuesday, December 6, 2011

cats and mounatin climbing.

so a couple weeks ago i was watching some snl clips. sometimes that show can be a little too inappropriate for me to enjoy, but i usually enjoy the weekend updates. well, in this clip seth was making fun of people who put their pets in costumes for halloween. he said something to the effect of pet costume sales are equal to the number of couples who can't have children... i thought this was totally mean and uncalled for because these days pets are just as much members of the family as anyone else. especially our pets. both phil and i are animal lovers. i am pretty sure i've wanted to live on a farm with as many animals as possible since i knew what a farm was.

all of this is just an excuse to show you pictures of our cute cats : ) i realize that means i'm a crazy cat lady, but they're so cute! i want you to see just how cute they are too!

this is how our sofa usually looks. pillows and cats everywhere. this is otis, emily and hobbes. : )


they like to steal all the attention and make my pictures about them. here emily is doing a good job of that.


trying so hard not to pull off an ornament because she knows she will be in big trouble.





she decided it was okay to just swipe them now instead of actually yanking them off. progress.


this cracked me up. hobbes just went over and sat here like he wanted his picture taken. he wanted to say merry christmas to you all : )


i have absolutely no problem saying he is the favorite. but how can you resist that cute, big, fat furry face?




this is what they do most of the day. you know, whenever they're not eating, fighting, pulling my christmas decor down, or trying to escape from the apartment....

even though they have a way of making me want to lock them in a closet about 7 times a day, i love our cats. they are the perfect pets for us and each one has its own crazy personality. now if only we could figure out how to stop emily from running out the door every chance she gets. sheesh.

well, this past weekend phil and i decided to just have fun and enjoy each other. we didn't care about christmas shopping, baking, parties or anything. we climbed kennessaw mountain together and picnic'ed at the top. it was so fun. it was really hard work, but somehow it was still relaxing and we just enjoyed being out together.

isn't it beautiful?


if you look really hard you can see atlanta in the background along the horizon.

it was such a beautiful clear and cool day.




okay, now get ready for the ridiculousness of us trying to take a picture of ourselves.

whoa. camera was way zoomed in hahaha.. i left this one small so you didn't have a close up of our faces across your whole screen. you're welcome : )


jessica: "yuck! i don't like that one! gimme that camera.."


phil: "you cut off my head! now i look completely bald! i mean, i know i have some hair.."
jessica: "hahahahahaha! hmm... i think it's cute... hahahaha"


me reaching as high as i can and both of us just laughing at this point..
phil and jessica: "good enough."
strangers watching us: laughter. : )


end ridiculous pictures of ourselves.

kennessaw mountain is also a civil war battlefield. they have cannons up at the top that the southern army dragged all the way up the mountain to try to stop sherman's troops from reaching atlanta. after climbing this mountain i have no. idea. how. they did this. it's a mystery to me because those cannons must weigh a ton and i mean, it's no everest or anything, but it's still a mountain! geesh.


at the very top are these rocks that we sat on to eat lunch. people carved their initials into them.. i liked this one because it's a heart with the initials inside and i just thought it was so cute.


here are the feet that made this all possible.. just enjoying the view : )
notice how phil's shoes get a lot more use than mine? haha... i won't tell you how long i've had these perfectly white gym shoes.. just forget it.


i loved doing this together. like i said, it was challenging but it was so fun and relaxing. i loved just being able to get away from everything and just do something fun together. i think hiking will have to be a regular thing that we do. it's free, anyone can do it, and we can put away all distractions and just be together. so! fun!

the only downside is that now the pressure is on to get the christmas shopping done. we're going to go on a christmas shopping date this saturday instead of a hiking date. i'm not sure which will be more fun!

4 comments:

  1. what a great read! :) you have the cutest cats and the prettiest blue eyes! i laughed out loud with the pic and caption of hobbes just chilling in front of the fireplace, too funny! looks like you live in a beautiful area and found the perfect spot for a picnic after a good hike. adam and i love to hike but its always a challenge for me--i swear that man never gets tired! thanks for sharing, hope you have a fun time shopping this weekend :)

    enjoy the rest of your week!

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  2. Your cats are so adorable!!! I am so jealous that ya'll went climbing! I want to go soooo bad! Beautiful scenery! Haha those pictures made me laugh! =D

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  3. This is a post all about cuteness! Adorable cats I want to borrow and snuggle with, beautiful scenery on your hike, and gorgeous couple!

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  4. What a beautiful view! And how cool that you live somewhere where you can just go climb a mountain and have lunch. I wish we had something like that here! :)

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