10 Year Wedding Anniversary Party??????

Have the wedding anniversary party. We did pretty much the same thing when we got married. The celebration of the 10 year accomplishment was well worth the expense.
You should be able to talk with your daughter and explain to her that this is important to you and your husband. She will probably be happy with a simple sleepover with a few of her friends.
Hope this helps.
Happy Anniversary.
P.

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Talk to your pastor about renewing your vows. You can make it an actual wedding with family members as attendants. Your little girl could be your flower girl. Since it's close to her birthday, have a birthday cake and a wedding cake. Nothing real fancy. I had doll cakes, and a chocolate sheet cake. My children are all grown and I had a friends little girl as a flower girl and one of my grandsons as ring bearer. Turned out really nice. My son was Best Man, both my daughters, Matrons of honor, and one of my son-in-laws gave me away. Good luck and congratulations. I hope you have a wonderful anniversary and a beautiful life together. We will have been married 41 years in June. Hugs, M.

I only have a small suggestion on saving some money for your anniversary party by giving the almost 6 year old a cookie making party. Have a few girls over to bake cookies. That will only cost for the mix and decorations for them. You don't need a cake, party favors or all that fluff that comes with a regular party. Let the girls take home a dozen cookies. Just a thought!

Congratulations! That is an accomplishment! First, I'd scrap the cocktail idea. If you're providing alcohol that's a budget-buster, and also not terribly family-friendly. Let people know they can bring their own bottle if they want, and you'll supply water and soft drinks. Start setting money aside now so you'll have it ready - say $30 a month. Pick up steaks and chicken on sale to barbecue. As you buy them, marinate them (I mix together olive oil, a few teaspoons of basil, garlic powder, seasoned salt, and maybe rosemary, and rub it on the meat), then freeze so you can get out individual portions. You may be able to renew your vows at church, and have the party as an after-church celebration, or have the pastor come to the party to do the renewal of vows. Check with the pastor as to his/her suggestions. As far as Izabella's party, you can have her invite a few of her best friends over for a sleepover. Rent a DVD and do some inexpensive crafts.

Can you have a barbecue -- maybe a potluck, since it's just family and close friends you can tell them not to bring a gift, just bring their favorite dish, and then when it's time for the cake, have yr mom or a good friend pass out sparklers, and you and your husband can come out and walk to the cake while everyone is waving their sparklers.
You could ask your minister to come and renew your vows with him leading you, or just you and your hubby could face each other holding hands, and renew your vows, kiss, and eat cake!

Congratulations! I have a lot of experience with event planning. If you are willing to give me a budget and how many people, I might be able to offer some ideas.

R. McCurdy

THAT IS AWESOME J.!!! Do you know how many marriages these days don't last til the 10th anniversary!!! I commend you for that!!! Great Job!!! I think you can throw a wonderful party for cheap. When my husband and I got married, we did what you are planning now. Just family and friends, not a big thing. Some food, music, and just hanging out. It cost us about 200 bucks. And most of that was in food. My brother bar-b-qued, and we had potatoe salad, beans, the normal bbq meal. We of course had a preacher and got married, so I'm not sure how you would do the renewing of the vow thing, but I know you could throw a nice get together for cheap. Good luck with things and again...
CONGRADULATIONS ON 10 YRS!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!

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i agree with the mom who suggested a potluck. especially if it is close family and friends- they would probably love to participate! have people bring over their favorite munchie, good cheese, whatever, and their favorite bottle of wine (tell them $15 or less) burn a few great cd's and listen to your kind of music, and dress up a little! maybe splurge on a really good cake, your wedding cake! and to renew your vows, what would be eally cool is to write your own. what you promise to each other in the next stage of life. what you love about what has already happened. and some kind of inclusion of how your kids have enriched your lives. have fun with it, and congratulations!!

I am also a military spouse who wishes her family could be with us for the big moments, but knows thats not always possible. As far as birthday parties for little kids, they can get really expensive, especially when we've traveled home to have them! What my husband and I decided to do, since we have two kids and two big parties every year seemed unfathomable, was to have them about every five years for each kid. Since my husband missed both girls 1st birthdays, we had big parties for them on their 2nd. 5, 10, 15 years is when we'll do something big for each of them, but on the ones in between, we let them pick what they want to do without having to do it for a housefull of kids. 10 years of marriage is a huge deal and I'm sure your daughter wont feel neglected if you devote an entire day to her and what she wants to do, but then you and your husband get to have a day devoted to the both of you.

I would suggest throwing one big party. Join the celebrations....have a birthday cake for your daughter for her and her friends then a cake later on in the evening for the adults, or whatever way you want to celebrate it.

For my son's 1st birthday party we also had our housewarming party. All of my friends and family was there and I did not have to bother them with two parties in one month or the costs.

I think with peoples busy schedules they will appreciate this.

Good luck.

I think that an anniversary party is a very good idea You can keep it low key and not too expensive if you plan ahead.
Do you have to serve a complete meal? Could you have a renewal of vows at your church and then a reception following? this would be less expensive than a big dinner but meaningful and beautiful If you do it early afternoon you
do not have to serve lunch or dinner. Even if you prefer not to have it at a church you can do it at your home, at the home of a friend, or a park or other public place that is meaningful to you or is just very pretty. a botanical garden, a public park, or whatever. keep your eyes open for a place that may be free. again you can serve coffee, punch,
cake (like a wedding reception) If early afternoon can skip wine or drinks which further saves on money.

as for your daughter she is 6 who needs a big party? look around for a different place, like the zoo, a museum, a park, or just have an overnight at your house. this is a big
deal for 6 year olds. Ask her what she thinks would be a neat
or fun party idea. do not link the party idea to her birthday she might be more honest. you may be surprized what she comes up with. we often try to do things expansive and expensive for our children when they do not really care look on the internet for ideas or local chamber of commerce may have children ideas. different, fun, short, inexpensive would be better for a six year old then you can do the anniversary party and include her in the plans. make it special to her as well. might check with other members of your family let them know you want to share the moment with them since they
missed the wedding again you may be surprized at the ideas or offers that may come to you. hope you find a a unique and
fun way to celebrate. Thought,planning and imagination, are much better than spending money.

Hi J.,
You could invite your family to a backyard coctail party, but when they arrive your backyard is set up with seating like a wedding with the white wooden chairs (or whatever is least expensive to rent) with an aisle. You could print a program on your computer with something simple that tells the story you just mentioned above: "When we got married nearly 10 years ago we had no family present. We eloped to Jacksonville NC where my husband was stationed with the Marine Corps". Now it is our 10th anniversary and we are surrounded by our families and would love for you to join us in the renewal of our vows. You could include whatever you want and have someone hand the programs out as guests arrive. You can sprinkle rose petals down the aisle in advance, and at the end of the seating, have them sprinkled much more sparcely (like it is leading to a path). Once everyone is seated, you can have a Minister, Priest or whatever type of officiant walk up the right side of the seating, and once he is up front, you and your husband walk hand in hand down the aisle to some wonderful music, have the Officiant renew your vows. You don't need much, but if you like you can place a few pillars on either side of the Officiant and place large, full plants and incorporate some flowers into the plants (the flowers can be tubed with water in the tube) and this will cut down on the expenses for you. You can also sprinkle rose petals (or any type of flower petals) around the pillars. You can certainly go more elaborate, but this will save you alot of money, and have the coctail party afterwards as a celebration! You can do music as simply as a stereo or even a nice shelf top system if you have one. This is simple and accomplishes both goals of the renewing of the vows and your coctail party. The great thing, is it is a surprise to all of your guests. Have them think they are going to a coctail party and be surprised upon arrival. It is what the stars do! I'm a Wedding Planner and love to make peoples dreams come true whether they are a Client or not... Good luck!

Wow 10 yrs...congratulations! Yes you must celebrate! I am hoping on my 10 yr anniversary my husband and I will get married in the church and have a big celebration...
Your daughter is going to be 6 yrs old...right? What if you had a birthday party for your daughter at your house and invited the family of course and then have her invite a few of her close girl friends. Then when the party is over her girl friends can stay for a slumber party? Where they can play games, watch hanna montana, and eat junk food all night?
Hope it works out.

First off, CONGRATS!!! This is a great accomplishment!
I would first let both mom and mother-in-law or close sisters know that you would like to have a small, but special anniverary party and that you would love even more to renew your vows. I would suspect that they would be more than willing to help out. Make a list of those things that you can't live without, like the ceremony itself and those things that are not very necessary, like the old, the blue and something new. If you really want to renew your vows, you will definitely find a way to not only have it, but stay within your budget. My husband and I initally got married in the court, but 5 years later I wanted to get married in the church. It was so simple that it was inexpensive, but absolutely the most special day. What made it very special was the ceremony and having my family and close friends there. My splurge was having a singer at the church singing all my favorite songs. We had a small party afterwards that was given by my parents and in-laws, but we just had family made food items on the list, so it was a shared cost and not much.

As far as your little lady, she is turning 6 and the most inexpensive party for her would be a sleep over. Have her invite over her close 3-5 friends and let them enjoy a night of singing and dancing to Hannah Montana. Buy a couple of pizzas, have some popcorn on hand so that they can watch a favorite movie and for the morning, make some french toast. She will absolutely love it and have the best fun. Remember it is all about her, so this night will be all about what she wants and she will love the attention. Just don't forget to let the parents know what time to pick the kids up in case you have plans the next day. I must warn you, these nights make mom pretty tired the next day, but it is worth it seeing your little one on cloud nine.

Good luck!!! Let us know how it all goes.