Surprise Party with vow renewal ceremony

I am planning a surprise party for my parents who will be married for 40 years this month. It is a casual party with lots of family, current close friends and some old friends I know they have not seen in awhile. In addition to the party, I am also doing a surprise vow renewal ceremony for them..... [Read more]

How much to give as honorarium to officiant in vow renewal ceremony?

My husband and I are doing a quick low key vow renewal ceremony with no guests other than my parents, with whom we are very close, at a wedding chapel in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on a Monday afternoon in December. The cost of the ceremony (just ceremony and 1 photograph) is just over $150.00. I.... [Read more]

Private vow renewal ceremony?

My husband & I will be married 5 years in July. I really want to renew our wedding vows. We are planning a trip in April - just a get away for us without our kids. I was thinking of doing it then with just the two of us but then no one would be there to celebrate with us. Then I thought about.... [Read more]

Wedding gifts for a vow renewal ceremony.

My friend just got married yesterday, Aug. 25th. However, she and her husband are planning their "big" ceremony for next June. Nobody was invited to their 1st ceremony and since their second wedding is before their 1 year anniversary, do you buy them a gift? They will be sending out invitations.... [Read more]

Actual Vows for Renewal ceremony

My husband and I have been married for 10 years. We are renewing our vows in November. I a having my father do the ceremony, but my husband and I have decided to write our own vows. I need suggestions for how my father should begin the ceremony. We are also doing a sand ceremony. Really stressing.... [Read more]