Nine years ago today, Andy and I got married.
I suppose I could write a sappy lovey blog post for him.
All about how I love him and he’s so amazing and I couldn’t imagine my life without him.
While all of that is certainly true…
…sappy isn’t really our gig.
We’re more about being dorks, laughing, and being pranksters.
Case in point:
You know those little stick figure decals people have on their cars of their family?
Well, with no offense to any of you who may very well have a stick family on your rear windshield…it’s not something we would put up.
It’s just not our style, you know?
For years, I’ve teased Andy that if he really loved us, he would put up a stick figure family on his truck.
Was he ashamed of us?
Did he not want his “other girlfriend” to see that he was married with kids?
Was he too cool to admit he had a family?
It’s been an ongoing joke for a while.
So last week, when he was out of town on business, I took it upon myself to leave him with a little surprise.
Because this is the kind of stuff we do to each other.
I cut out a stick family with my silhouette.
And I made sure to use Comic Sans font for the lettering.
Because Comic Sans is too awfully perfect for this task.
First comes love…
Then comes baby in the baby carriage!
And then two more babies.
And a couple golden retrievers.
I was squealing with delight by now.
“He’s going to KILL me! I can’t wait until he finds out! It’s gonna be awesome!!!”
I let him drive around with the goofy little family for a full day, until I couldn’t handle it anymore and HAD to spill the beans.
Actually, I had Henry tell him.
Because I’m awesome like that.
It took 2.3 seconds until he marched right into the garage for a razor blade.
“If you mess with my truck again, this is what your sticker’s gonna look like!”
Bahahahaha!
Oh my.
Except that then Henry started crying that Daddy took off our family…and that made the joke not so funny anymore.
Mom of the year. Right here. I’ll be here to collect my plaque.
I realize that much of the humor in this might be lost on some of you.
But trust me…the fact that he went an entire day with this on his beloved truck is funny. :)
Because see…we couldn’t even be serious at our own wedding!
Happy 9th Anniversary!
Way to put up with me for that long!!!
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Oh my, that is too funny. But his reaction is even funnier. Happy Anniversary, Dorks! ; )
That’s too funny. We’re date twins – it’s our anniversary today too! Happy Anniversary!
Ha!! LOVE it! No worries….we couldn’t even be serious at our own wedding either. Our “exit” song went something like this:
“If your mother doesn’t like the way i treat her baby boy it’s alright, it’s alright,
If in every wedding picture my daddy looks annoyed it’s alright, it’s alright,
Don’t you know that all the fairy tales tell lie
real love in real life
Doesn’t have to be perfect,
Baby every little piece of the puzzle doesn’t always fit perfectly,
love can be rough around the edges and tattered at the seams,
Honey if it’s good enough for you it’s good enough for me…”
My grandma almost died.
Happy Anniversary!
does your silouette have dragons because next time i think you should put a bunch of dragons on his truck. happy anniversary you two crazy kids ;)
Oh I think that’s pretty stinkin’ hilarious. As it turns out, I JUST put those little stick figures on MY van. Sure, they are cute, but no, it’s not REALLY our style, either….I just did it so maybe people would see the cuteness instead of the BIG DENT that’s back there that will NEVER be fixed. Muahaha!
Oh – and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! It’s our 8th today, too! :-)
LOL, that’s too funny! Happy Anniversary!!
Seriously – that is amazing! No humor was lost on me! Can I borrow this for our 9th next year!?!?
y’all are adorable.
happy anniversary!!
(we joke about the stick people families, too!)
HILARIOUS. I so get your humour!!
So cute!!! Happy nine years!
okay, so the funniest bumper stick figures i have ever seen looked just like your family, except with two cats and one dog and one of the cats had a big red X through it… because it died i suppose. hilarious! my husband and i wanted to make t-shirts of it!
hahaha! happy anniversary!
Hilarious!!
Totally get it…we are not quite stick figure people an their all the rage here!
Good stuff!
Happy anniversary…we’re nine years next year…amazing how quick time goes…some get less for murder though ;)
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Oh, I love it!!! That is too funny and a prank I may just have to play on my hubby!
Happy 9th anniversary!
So funny!!!!!
What a great story, you certainly capture so much about your relationship and your family within. Thank you for sharing!
Too funny! I love it :) Happy anniversary!
That is hysterical…I am such a bad aunt…and I even talked to you today! UGH!! I kept thinking that there was something about today…just couldn’t put my finger on it…I do know that tomorrow is Master Henry’s 4th birthday…HOW DID THAT HAPPEN???? I do hope you both are enjoying your anniversary and we are so lucky to have you as a part of our lives….Love you both dearly
AWESOME! I love it! And I also love the train on your dress :) Beautiful!
As a proud driver of a suv complete with stick family….this post was fantastic! The exact stuff I like to pull on Matt! Epic.
Ummm…that.is.awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE it! You need to start wearing denim jumpers to go with that sticker, I think. :)
happy anniversary! hilarious, never a dull moment.
hahahaha! that’s so something my husband and I would do to each other.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
p.s. just started reading your blog and I love it – doing some “catching up” and reading all you past posts :) my friend lost twins in her 16th week of pregnancy and her due date is coming up soon. thank you for all the posts on what to say and what not to say. they really have helped. since there’s not anything I can physically do, it’s nice knowing what to say and how I may be able to help comfort her in other ways.
I’m a couple of days late…but happy anniversary!!!
oh my … hilarious!! I love it!
Hahaha! Oh, how I love posts like this. Thanks for keepin’ it real! :)