At first, our idea to renew our vows was a simple 'hey, wouldn't it be cute to renew our vows?'. Then, it snowballed...in an adorable, crazy cute kinda way!!! Everything just 'happened'....I guess it was supposed to be this way. And our day was perfect, just as perfect as our wedding 10 years ago!
It started off with a haircut for Jacques and I, we got a few photos then headed to the church. Much of our church family was there. Two of the ladies had decorated the church, it was JUST adorable, right down to rose petals down the isle, ribbon falling onto a table of our own, a cake table with a cake for our special day. Each table was decorated with candles and table clothes that were my favourite colour of green. We had a cake that was not just YUMMY, but so adorably decorated.
I made Jacques and Noah boutonnieres and myself a little bouquet out of a $20 bunch of flowers from our local grocery store. I, personally think these flowers were more beautiful than at our wedding! They were adorable!
After the ceremony and cake, our dear friend, Amy took us to 3 different locations for photos! I wasn't expecting this - but SO glad we did (in fact, she had to convince Jacques to some degree)!! She had us hiking to locations, ankle deep in water and walking through Canola fields - I can't wait to see the photos!!
In the end, I had just as much fun as our wedding and wondered 'why' did we spend SO much money on our first wedding - when we had just as much fun at our renewal! I guess that's what 10 years does to you...gives you this wisdom!
What a fun day, and in the end *sign* it was all over!
THANK YOU SOOOO much Amy...you did a fantastic job (both convincing Jacques and taking the photos).
After our photos, we came home to get changed and took off. We reserved a room at a romantic place called The Castle Inn in Perth Andover, NB. IF you are EVER driving through New Brunswick and need a place to stay...I HIGHLY recommend this gem, nestled deep in the woods. When we arrived, the manager/chef (knowing we had renewed our vows and that it was our anniversary) upgraded our 'room' to the 'ROYAL SUITE'. We WERE treated like royalty.
First thing when we came to our room, we had a nap - which ended up being a THREE hour nap - eeesh!!! Reservations for supper were at 7pm. We started off by having a drink in the sun room. Our meals were SO amazing - it was a 2 hour event by soft music and the best company, very romantic indeed!!!
We enjoyed the facilities of a new spa room after our dinner - relaxed in the hot tub and steam room for over an hour. We came back to the room, and began what we do best - played some of our favourite card and other games. We had a little tournament going on! The loser gets to cook Valentine's Supper this year. Sadly, I lost EVERY game and I am the big loser!! But...am I??? I have a wonderful husband who I get to cook supper for....hmmmm, somehow despite losing, I still win!!!
What a fantastic day and night. *Sigh*, I can't believe it's over all over again. Trust me, we've promised to do this on our 20th anniversary again. We rarely (if ever) celebrate our anniversary considering it's on CANADA DAY, so we always join in the Canada Day celebrations. So it was about time for us to celebrate our day! Once every 10 years is good, right!!!
In the morning, Jacques and I headed back home to Grand Falls early to get a few things and get home to our boy (who wasn't even home when we got home - out with Grandma and Grandpa). We are crazy like that...when we go away for a night, we miss Noah like crazy. You may not 'get it' but at least we get each other!
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The photos are fantastic - Congrats on 10 years! Laughing my butt off at the one of Jacques grabbing your boob...hahahaha!!!
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