Al Roker couldn’t be extra grateful for his long-lasting marriage!
The Today present anchor honored 29 years of marriage to his spouse, ABC Information senior nationwide affairs correspondent Deborah Roberts, with a touching Instagram post on Monday, Sept. 16.
The submit featured a photograph of the comfortable couple getting married above a more moderen photograph of the 2 recreating the identical expressions and poses.
“Once you see you what I appeared like 29 years in the past, it’s much more superb @debrobertsabc married me,” he joked within the caption. “Right here’s to a girl who has questionable style and much more questionable eyesight.”
Roberts, 63, responded within the feedback part: “Cease that! Would do it once more! ❤️”
Roker, 70, additionally posted a separate Instagram tribute on Monday, Sept. 17, acknowledging that 29 years flew by “fairly quick.”
“Unsure @debrobertsabc would agree. #happyanniversary to a tremendous spouse, good friend, mother, journalist and unimaginable #lifepartner who made positive I survived my disaster a 12 months and a half in the past,” he added, referencing how he was hospitalized for blood clots that moved from his leg to his lungs within the fall of 2022.
“Although I’m positive I give her pause to rethink that sometimes,” he jokingly added. “Thanks for not pulling the plug. I really like you.”
For Roberts’ half, she posted their marriage ceremony photograph on Instagram on Monday, Sept. 16 with a young message.
“The way it started…how it’s now,” she wrote within the caption. “Nonetheless racing towards love and life with you @alroker and so delighted for each journey.”
“You deliver the #pleasure Right here’s to 29 extra years. #happyanniversary,” she added.
The couple first met at In the present day in 1990 and received married on Sept. 16, 1995 in entrance of household and buddies at Manhattan’s St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The 2 welcomed their first baby, daughter Leila Ruth on Nov. 17, 1998, and in July 18, 2002, they welcomed son Nicholas Albert.
In February 2021, the couple shared extra about their marriage in an interview for PEOPLE’s first-ever Love Challenge.
“He does issues like he sprinkles little love notes, little playing cards all through my life,” Roberts defined of her husband’s romantic gestures then, including, “Typically there’s a little bit card subsequent to the espresso maker that may say one thing encouraging or candy or impish or enjoyable.”
In March 2022, Roberts told PEOPLE how the COVID-19 pandemic introduced the 2 nearer collectively.
“We weren’t used to this prolonged type of 24/7 time collectively and [we] felt listless,” she shared. “There was pressure at first as we settled into this new actuality.”
“It was a reminder of my very own romantic journey with my husband and the way we shaped a tighter and extra treasured bond over the last 24 months,” Roberts continued. “I marveled at how Al jumped in to care for me and his household and I fell deeper for him. … And seeing different {couples} really feel this was validating.”
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Roberts has additionally been extremely supportive via Roker’s well being struggles through the years, from his prostate cancer surgery in November 2020 to his well being scare in Fall 2022 and his knee replacement surgery in Could 2023.
“With out her I wouldn’t be right here,” he told PEOPLE in 2023.