This Day in Our History

>> Saturday, July 19, 2008

We’ve dressed up at Halloween as He-Man and She-Ra...



and we’ve gone as Al and Peg from “Married With Children”



We’ve had our fun at the lake:



Years before that, I cheered you on during your first triathlon...



and 2 years after that, you cheered me on during my first triathlon:



YEARS before that, we went to prom together:



And around that time, we rocked the FFA (Future Farmers of America) State Convention on the Floriculture team (and we made it into the newspaper!):


(Yes, we were on the “flower” team. Geeks.)

But it was exactly 5 years ago that we were doing this:





I was just as crazy then as I am now:


(Yes, that’s Jerry the Mouse on my undies)

We went to Canada for our honeymoon, where you high-fived a monkey near Assiniboine Park:



I, on the other hand, high-fived a cactus at the conservatory in Winnipeg:



You’ve always been the smart one. But you’ve loved me through all of my craziness. Happy 5th Anniversary, Sweetie. I love you.

(p.s. I set this post to automatically publish at 12:01 am, so consider me the winner of our annual “who can say ‘happy anniversary’ first” contest. Better luck next year!)

74 comments:

Jenny Davidson 1:03 AM, July 19, 2008  

Many felicitations to you both! Great collection of pics...

C 3:01 AM, July 19, 2008  

Happy anniversary!

ShirleyPerly 3:16 AM, July 19, 2008  

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Love the pictures.

Kevin 3:36 AM, July 19, 2008  

Congratulations on 5 years. Here's to many many happy years together

Trisaratops 6:21 AM, July 19, 2008  

SO cute!

Happy anniversary to a wonderful couple!

Tracy 6:57 AM, July 19, 2008  

Oh man I love you guys. This post got me all teary. Happy Anniversary, and many, many more. You both deserve the best!!!

Marcy 7:29 AM, July 19, 2008  

AWWWHHHHHHHHHHH HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! ;D ;D You homies go waayyy back!

bigmike600 8:13 AM, July 19, 2008  

Dude that really can't be you in that FFA picture. You look about 7
Happy Anniversary Stenzels.
5 is a big deal.
Had no idea you guys were high school sweeties.
Great old pictures too.

Talk to you later.

M 8:15 AM, July 19, 2008  

Awww...I got a little teary reading! ButI'm kinda of a sissy in that way.

Wow, you two have been together for a long time. Here's to many, many more years!

TRI-ROB 8:39 AM, July 19, 2008  

Who's a VERY good boy? YOU ARE!

Glad to know that there are OTHER sensitive male types out there that STILL have balls and aren't unwilling to express their love and appreciation for their partners in a public forum! You dah MAN!

Happy 5th!

Breathe...

21stCenturyMom 8:55 AM, July 19, 2008  

You two are obviously made for each other. Happy Anniversary!

RBR 9:01 AM, July 19, 2008  

*sniff* *sniff*

That was beautiful. Congratulations to a very lucky couple.

Sarah 9:46 AM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversary! High School Sweethearts--that's awesome :) You two are perfect together.

Rainmaker 10:46 AM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversery! Congrats on everything and all your whacky adventures!

Meg 10:51 AM, July 19, 2008  

What a cute post! Happy Anniversary!

Erin Leigh 10:52 AM, July 19, 2008  

Aww you guys are so cute!! Happy Anniversary. Have fun!!!

Tyger Lily 11:38 AM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversary Stenzels! Great Post.

Alisa 11:54 AM, July 19, 2008  

Awww...happy anniversary. I gotta say I love the wedding pic of you boys and the crazy boxers...haha too funny!

Looks like you guys have done a lot of really fun things together! Cheers to another 5 years and beyond.

akshaye 11:54 AM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversary to both of you! Really nice post.

Chad 12:12 PM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversary to you two.

That is just wrong though with the autmatic post. There has to be some "No technology rule" to who says it first.

Judi 1:09 PM, July 19, 2008  

I am gonna cry. How sweet.

TRI TO BE FUNNY 2:09 PM, July 19, 2008  

Many more years of craziness to you and Pharmie!!!

Stef0115 3:08 PM, July 19, 2008  

Happy Anniversary!!! Wow I didn't know you guys were high school sweethearts -- such a great post!!!

Oh and I was in FFA too. Best club EVER!!!!!!!

Donald 4:28 PM, July 19, 2008  

Great pictures, awesome post. Congrats to both of you!

Herself, the GeekGirl 4:57 PM, July 19, 2008  

OHM You marrie your high school sweetheart! That is BEYOND CUTE!!! Were you guys in 4H together, too? Happy Anniversary!

Unknown 5:11 PM, July 19, 2008  

Such a cute couple. Happy anniversary!!

J~Mom 5:37 PM, July 19, 2008  

I was right about to shed a tear and then I saw the picture of the wedding party with their pants down. You guys are too cute!

Anne 5:42 PM, July 19, 2008  

A very nice tribute. Congratulations on the first five years of marriage.

jen 5:57 PM, July 19, 2008  

Awww, wonderful post Steve. Congratulations to you both. You are such a fun couple.

That wedding photo is absolutely beautiful.

I'm celebrating my 5th anniversary to Zach in two weeks and we'd also known each other forever, although not as long as you two! Best wishes on 95 or so more years of happiness. :)

Gotta Run..... 7:01 PM, July 19, 2008  

Tom and Jerry ROCK!!!!

What a great post. You both seem like such a great fit. We all know you are crazy so she must be the grounded one :)

IronTRISH 7:11 PM, July 19, 2008  

Jerry the Mouse is cool, but the dude on the far left looks like he's not wearing ANY underwear! That's even crazier! Happy anniversary.

Christie 7:49 PM, July 19, 2008  

That's so cute. Love the pics. Happy Anniversary :)

Tea 8:01 PM, July 19, 2008  

That is so awesome! Happy Anniversary!

ps-I bet pharmie woke up at 12:00:30 and BEAT you to it.

SWTrigal 10:58 PM, July 19, 2008  

that is the sweetest tribute ever! so much work put into showing your very cute history..Congrats and happy 5th.

Anonymous,  8:07 AM, July 20, 2008  

Happy Anniversary to you both!

Bigun 8:09 AM, July 20, 2008  

5 down....a hundred million more to go...or at least, it will seem that way....bwahahahaha (sinister, evil laugh)...

N.D. 9:33 AM, July 20, 2008  

awww, how sweet! happy anniversary!! and many more!

Anonymous,  10:33 AM, July 20, 2008  

Happy Anniversary!! You guys are just the cutest couple ever :)

Calyx Meredith 11:32 AM, July 20, 2008  

Happy Anniversary! Congratulations to you both. Thanks for sharing such fun story pictures.

On another note entirely, I saw a pair of very yellow shorts running towards me this morning and chuckled. Donna turned to me and said, "I know. You're thinking the words 'bowl full of sunshine' aren't you?" And of course I was. Thanks for that.

Spokane Al 5:13 PM, July 20, 2008  

There has definitely been no shortage of laughter in the lives of the two of you!

Happy anniversary.

xt4 8:22 PM, July 20, 2008  

AWESOME! Happy anniversary to you both!

RunBubbaRun 8:55 PM, July 20, 2008  

At least she knew what she was getting into.. The farmer pic was funny..

Happy anniversary to the both of ya..

Brian 9:04 PM, July 20, 2008  

A very nice tribute. I'm sure she's knew how crazy you are pre marriage so she's not shocked like the rest of us by the pics. Very funny.

Bruce Stewart (施樸樂) (ブルース・スチュワート) 6:52 AM, July 21, 2008  

It was interesting you went to the prom together. Our younger son invited and went with a girl to the prom (in Hawaii)(he was 17 and she about 15), so I wonder what might happen some time in the future!

sRod 8:48 AM, July 21, 2008  

Poster children for adorableness. Much happiness to the both of you.

Jess 9:51 AM, July 21, 2008  

Awww! Happy anniversary!

Jess 9:51 AM, July 21, 2008  

Awww! Happy anniversary!

triguyjt 9:58 AM, July 21, 2008  

Keep the love and wackiness going strong... Congrats !!
and many more!!

Fizzgig 10:38 AM, July 21, 2008  

that was the sweetest post, it got me all misty!! You two are so cute!

(and kinda nerdy, FFA?) but did I mention cute?

Formulaic 11:32 AM, July 21, 2008  

What a great post.

Happy Anniversary!

You guys are a great couple! So happy for you two

Unknown 11:49 AM, July 21, 2008  

That was awesome! Hope you had a great anniversary!

Michelle 12:08 PM, July 21, 2008  

Oh gosh, that's so sweet. Happy Anniversary!

John 1:18 PM, July 21, 2008  

Happy Anniversary... wishing you both many more!

brendaj 1:28 PM, July 21, 2008  

One of the best posts ever! Have a wonderful anniversary!!

Nitmos 1:47 PM, July 21, 2008  

Can you write an anniversary entry for my wife? She would really dig that? Or, at least, can I use yours and photoshop our faces in?

The Sm'allards 1:59 PM, July 21, 2008  

I don't know what's more awesome - the FFA photo or that you went to my hometown of Winterpeg for your hornymoon.

Congratulations on five years, guys!

Andra Sue 2:20 PM, July 21, 2008  

Very late in posting my comment, but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! And I also wanted to say--you are very brave for posting that prom picture...I would KILL my husband if he dug ours up. You guys looked way better than we did, for sure. :)

Aron 3:08 PM, July 21, 2008  

LOOOVE all the pics! hope you guys had a WONDERFUL anniversary!

Mendy 3:10 PM, July 21, 2008  

I know this is late, but Happy Anniversary to you both!!! Those pictures are great. Makes me smile. You 2 look so good together.

teacherwoman 5:21 PM, July 21, 2008  

Happy Anniversary to you both! What a great post! :)

Viv 8:26 PM, July 21, 2008  

Aww sweetest anniversary post ever! Hope you two kids had a wild and crazy time!

Darrell 1:12 AM, July 22, 2008  

Please allow me to be the 66th person to congrat you both and wish you many more happy and fun filled years to come.

The family that swims, bikes and runs together, stays together - that's what I've always heard.

Julia 7:37 AM, July 22, 2008  

What great photos! Happy Anniversary to you both.

Unknown 8:20 AM, July 22, 2008  

Congrats to you both. Couldn't happen to a finer couple!

TriSupporter 9:38 AM, July 22, 2008  

AWWWWWWWW... Congrats. What a wonderful post!

Love Jerry the mouse...just not on boxer shorts.

CoachLiz 3:28 PM, July 22, 2008  

Congratulations and best wishes for many more years filled with laughter and love!

Jade Lady 4:46 PM, July 23, 2008  

Congrats on the big 5! The two of you make such a wonderful couple! Hey..you need her to do a guest post one of these days!

Iron Krista, "The Dog Mom" 8:13 PM, July 23, 2008  

Happy Anniversary.. Love the post :-)

Ms. V. 4:30 PM, July 24, 2008  

That was a fantastic post; she must feel so honored! I especially liked the FFA photos.

Dang.

Teacher Pursuits 9:09 AM, July 25, 2008  

Congratulations!! That was a great post.

HiHoRosie 10:31 AM, July 30, 2008  

What a sweet, funny and awesome post! I'm a behind everyone else here but CONGRATS on your happy anniversary! Wishing you many more years of bliss!

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