Emmy in Ohio

Emmy arrived in Ohio quickly from her trip to Canada. Unfortunately, she had to be packed away for most of her stay with us to avoid the devil cat. However, we took her out for the Renaissance Festival!

Here are DH and Addy all dressed and ready to go. It was cold that morning, so jackets got in the way of dressing up.

When we arrived, Emmy decided to be queen for a day!

Then we did a little fishing. She was horrified that we would do something so barbaric, so we threw the fish back.

Next, Emmy was knighted by the black knight. (before his encounter with King Arthur)

We also watching some live action jousting, but the wenches were hanging all over the knights after and we couldn’t get a picture. So on to the pirate show!

After a tiring day, we all took a nap. And the next day, it was off to Steph and some yummy turkey dinner!

~ SP

Welcome to Canada, Emmy!

My visit with Emmy started in DC during the GTG. While I was happy to have Emmy, I was sad to be leaving DC.

We said goodbye to her friends at the hotel.

And then got on an airplane to Toronto.

Emmy slept most of the flight, but got up just in time to catch her first glimpse of Canada.

We finally landed in Toronto! Welcome to Canada Emmy. (If you’re wondering, I did not have to explain Emmy to the immigration officer…or to security.)

Due to car troubles, Emmy stay in Trenton was pretty quiet. We did head out to check out the Air Force museum since Trenton is home to the largest Air Force Base in Canada.

We had a little rest on a pretty bench.

And had a Tim Horton’s coffee. A must when you visit in Canada!

After all that, we were getting pretty hungry. I introduced Emmy to poutine from Harvey’s. While not authentic from Quebec, it was pretty yummy!

We came home and I told Emmy all about the NHL lockout. We got a little hockey fix playing mini sticks.

The Jake decided to check Emmy out!

Emmy was shocked to find out that it’s really called Kraft Dinner!

We finished our visit with a beer.

We had a great visit with Emmy. We were sad to see her go, but sent her off for her adventures in Ohio! You are now a dual citizen Emmy.

-katiecj

#EmmydoesDC: An epic GTG

If Emmy could write this post, she would probably say “Those bitches brought me to DC and left me in the box almost the entire time.” However, Emmy is a codfish, and as such, cannot type. Poor girl.

Emmy made her second trip to DC at the same time as our epic BoSh GTG. We started the weekend out by throwing a surprise “Pink Party” in honor of em0909 kicking breast cancer’s ass.

She was very surprised, and we were glad to honor her! Poor Emmy, though, had to stay safely in her box for the Pink Party. She’s fragile! Luckily for her, she was in the Party Room, so it was nice and quiet, and she was able to catch up on her rest.

The next morning, Emmy was finally liberated from her box, and taken to brunch. Emmy loves sausage!

If you look closely, you can see the portal to the twilight zone elevator door in the background.

Later that afternoon, we walked about 4 blocks (approximately 17 miles) to the Taste of DC, and passed by the White House on the way! Emmy was sad to miss this, but we weren’t sure the Secret Service could handle her level of awesome that close to the President.

Saturday night, Emmy got to come out and play just a little bit more, as Dee and Kash wanted to make sure that she got to see the koi pond in the lobby of the hotel.

Eminbmore was kind enough to give Emmy a good night kiss before retiring her to her box for safe keeping.

Next stop: Canada!

 

OH MY COD

Emmy came to visit us in July, just in time for the Elkhart County 4-H Fair! It is the 4th largest county fair in the country, so she was pretty excited.

We walked through all the animal buildings, rode some rides, and ate some famous fair cheese fries. We even took Emmy to the brick wall where all the ribbon winners take their pictures.

I told Emmy all about my job as a hostess at an Amish restaurant.

After looking around a bit she decided that she wanted to give being Amish a go. We bought her a little Amish outfit and ate lunch in a buggy.

BUT she decided that this buggy wasn’t enough. She wanted one with a horse.

Then Emmy started to get sad….

She LIKES cars. She LIKES technology. She WANTS to visit other women around the country. She ditched the outfit, but holds onto it for sentimental reasons. How many Cods get to be Amish for 40 minutes?

Then Emmy asked if I could take some Senior pictures of her.

Then it was time for Emmy to head west. We’ll miss you!!
~Jessimill

Emmy in two states

Emmy was personally escorted to my office in Midtown Atlanta by jenerally just in time to join me for lunch.

When it was time to head home, I made sure to keep Emmy quite safe. Atlanta traffic can be crazy.

After we got home, we decided to treat Emmy to an Atlanta institution: The Varsity!

Whaddya have whaddya have! Emmy got her very own Varsity hat…

…and enjoyed some greasy delicious burgers and fries!

After dinner, Emmy enjoyed a little iPad time with Cole before everyone headed to bed.

Emmy got to stay among her own kind in our china cabinet for a couple of days, after hanging out with my grandmother’s china that I had just received.

That weekend we traveled to Alabama for Cannon’s first birthday party! I was so worried about being a cod dropper that I didn’t even take Emmy out of the car for the party, but she did get to enjoy a delicious cupcake at the hotel later that evening.

The next morning, we enjoyed a dip in the pool.

The cupcake from the night before went straight to Emmy’s hips….

So we busted out a few power moves in the gym before heading to breakfast.

And who doesn’t love a nice continental breakfast spread? Emmy certainly does. After breakfast we had some time to kill, so what did we do? BoSh!

Then we practiced our duckface selfies. Emmy’s is the best.

Sunday was Cannon’s actual birthday, so we took Emmy to our favorite place to eat in Birmingham. Cafe on Main!

(Emmy likes to eat. I don’t know where she puts it.)

We took Emmy to Chick-Fil-A with us on Monday evening, and she enjoyed playing on the playground with Cole and Cannon.

Later that night Emmy helped me with bathtime and crocheted a scarf.

The next morning, Emmy wanted to wake the boys up herself since it would be her last day with us.

Emmy accompanied me to work so she could continue her Georgia adventure. She made a new friend before she left, since it was almost Talk Like A Pirate Day.

We enjoyed having Emmy around! I hope she has had a great trip since her visit to Lawrenceville, Birmingham, and Atlanta!

~Rand

Emmy Does Dallas

What’s more fun than 30 friends getting together in a big hotel to hang out, drink, swim, drink, dance, drink, laugh, and drink?

Doing all of that with Emmy.

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Emmy in Birmingham

I received Emmy at work. The box she came in detailed her travels in the form of Mardi Gras beads, Flat Myr, tutus, flags, and team paraphenalia. It was like a mini-Christmas just getting to the box that contained Emmy. Once she was free from her bubble wrap, I immediately put her to work filing the wormhole of papers in my office.

The weekend before receiving Emmy, I ended up in the emergency room for suspected appendicitis (it was a blocked colon). I had only just come back to work and was on a lot of medicine. I had planned all sorts of fun things to show Emmy, but with work and being comatose by all the drugs I didn’t get a chance. However, she did have a lot of fun perched on the top of our microwave.

Love,

Liesl

A package for me!

Someone is addicted to tape.

Steve Buscemi eyes are frightening!

So many accessories!

Emmy in all her glory.

Hooray! Let’s begin the week of doing nothing!