I have only been married for 5 1/2 years so I have plenty of time to think, plan, and (the key) SAVE for a great 10th anniversary! Another mom asked a question earlier about anniversaries, and it got me thinking.....if you could do ANYTHING (as in, you have 4 years to plan and save), what would you most like to do for an occasion like this? It may sound silly to ask so early, but then, I planned and saved for my husband's 50th birthday for a little over a year so I could "do it right". I'm just that way.
We got married late in life, he's 52 now, so there is probably not gonna be a golden 50th anniversary more than likely (at least not a very active one, lol) so I would like to live it up and really celebrate the smaller but significant milestones. We kinda ran away with just a small party of my brother, aunt, mom, dad, his bff, and dad's wife/kid for our wedding: we flew into the Grand Canyon for the ceremony and then did a photo tour all over Vegas in a SUV limo after a celebration dinner at the Venetian. Some ideas we've tossed around have been revisit Vegas and the Canyon with the kids (who would only be 9 and 6 so I don't know, but it'd be a great excuse to take the kids cross country to see the Grand Canyon, maybe rent a cabin and take a mule ride down or something), or have a big party this time with friends and family present since we didn't have a lot of people at the original wedding (this would take some doing because we're spread out quite far), or take my mom along (as a baby sitter) to Costa Rica and celebrate with a little island getaway (visit a volcano, stay at the treehouse hotel, etc), or.....???? We have lots of ideas but are kinda random. Do we go away on a cruise and leave the kids behind? Make it a family thing? Make it a family and friend thing? What about renewing vows in a little ceremony in front of friends this time? (etc, etc). What would YOU ladies want to do? (Or, those with the benefit of hindsight, what are your thoughts?)
I think y'all have a good point about not bringing the children. We both naturally just go there because we're close and really want to make memories and time for the kids, and we don't consider either of my parents as the best or EASIEST choice for watching our kids.....but you guys are right. If we don't have a "wedding" with friends and family, then we need a "honeymoon" without them. :P
I never had a wedding or a honeymoon. We've been married for almost 10 years...
In a PERFECT world, I'd like a renewal of vows, then a "first" honeymoon to follow- a beautiful, non-crowed beach (calm, clear, warm waters...ahhhh) where nearby there are also historical sites we could day-trip to from the beach(husband loves history, and he both love the beach)
Anyone know a place like that? :)
I would go to Greece. Take a cruise around the Mediterranean. Just my husband and I.
But the renewal of vows in a beautiful tropical location would be great too.
We went to Hawaii and don't regret one minute of it.
Loved it so much we went back 5 yrs later.
If I could do anything huh?
Man does this mean setting up things that probably would never happen because I, personally, don't have control over them? lol
I would leave the kids with my mom *sorry don't trust my MIL with kids, she is VERY VERY forgetful* Anyway..
I think a tour of Europe. Not just any tour, but a tour where we could go tasting all sorts of beer, wine & Liquor. A tour of food, and so forth as well.
My hubby is a beer nut. Now I don't mean a drunk, he loves the little intricacies that make each beer / wine it's own. He glows when he talks about it.
Also I would love to go on a music tour. See bands that we didn't know or ones we loved.
Food, I'm a total foodie, I wanted to go to culinary school just haven't been able to.
Go on a cruise and leave the kids behind!
I've been married 5 yrs but have known him for 13 yrs. We have a almost 15 yr old and a 4 yr old (that wont get out of our bed). If I could grab my husband, hot foot it to a casino and do nothing but be in bed with a occasional room service delivery and slot machine id be tickled pink! Forget 19 yrs I would go tomorrow if I could!
I/We would like to go to Hawaii. I have wanted to go there my whole life and have never had the opportunity. So, even tho it is only Hawaii, it i just something I would like to visit. Hubby said he would go wherever I wanted, hehe.
My dream is to go to Tahiti or Bora Bora and stay in an over the ocean bungalow. That's still my dream and maybe, somehow we could do it for our 15th in 4 yrs. We didn't have that kind of money or time for our 10th, but we did take a trip by ourselves (left almost 4 yr old DD with G&G) to Gatlinburg, TN and had a FABULOUS time! They have hiking and white water rafting and all kinds of fun stuff. We loved it so much that both parents and DD are coming back with us this fall to watch the leaves change sharing a cabin.
I also vote for go on a cruise and leave the kids behind.
A ten year anniversary should be spent as a couple, not with the kids. You can always plan a vacation with the kids prior or after.
The ONLY thing I want for the 20th anniversary would be taking our son to Di$ney World. NOT going to happen but a girl can dream...
My husband wanted a beach wedding....I wanted a Disney World wedding......Both not logical since our families are in PA and we were 21/22 when we married with very little money to spring for something so lavish. Anyways, for a milestone anniversary, I have always wanted to combine Disney and beach and celebrate by renewing our vows in Disney World on their beach area. I've researched it on their site and gone back and forth because of the expense.....but it is what I want to do and something I really think my husband would enjoy as well. Not sure when or if, but it's my thoughts.....:)
hehe I asked the question about 10 yr. anniversary! Ours will be 4/13/2012 so we have a few months I would LOVE to go to a beach but since we are planning a big family Orlando trip in 2013 I wanted a low key stay around town, take new pictures (our photographer lost half our wedding pics) and most of all I was going to bring the beach to us get play sand lay it out play ocean music light non flammable tealights around, spread rose petals around, get chocolate covered strawberries and wine/beer to drink have a nice dinner. But everybody was right we need to plan it together so we will start in January.
Ours is next year...I would love to go on a REAL honeymoon-to Italy!
We were poor kids when we got married...we went to Tennessee. Not very exciting.
Now we are poor adults...so maybe a couple nights in a different city would be fun and reasonable.
No kids, our lives revolve around them too much.
I took my wife on a Windjammer cruise, 7 days out of St Maarten. We had a wonderful time. It was the Polynesia (ship's name) and was the yacht of the Kruge family out of Germany and was a sail powered ship. (The made their money supplying munitions to the German government.) (120 passengers maximum and I booked the owner's suite. We sailed to 7 really small islands like Saba.)
SamIam's husband has the right idea. Its the way I feel too. Its not so important where you go or what you do. The most important part is WHO you go with.
If you have 4 years to go and brown bag 5 days per week and put the cost of going out for lunch in a jar, you will have enough to go and do just about anything your want. ($6 per meal 5 days per week for 4 years is approximately $6300.)
Good luck to you and yours.
We've been married 6 years and we've already started talking about what we want to do. We would both LOVE to go to Hawaii- ALONE! If its not in the budget to go there, really anywhere warm AND sans kids. My mom has already volunteered to fly out and watch the kids :)
We got married in Vegas, so we've also toyed with going back there.
Funny! My husband and I will celebrate our 6th anniversary in July and we were just talking about this!! I would love to go on a cruise for our 10th, but my husband would rather travel inland. Either way, we are going to go on a trip, NO KIDS! I am excited already and it's 4 years away!!
Have a real wedding!!! We eloped. With no one... And I'm really hoping we can do it big one day! :)
Very funny you should ask this! My husband and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in November of last year. Our plan was pretty much always to go back to Hawaii since we had our honeymoon there and LOVED it. We saved up 100,000 frequent flyer miles and were planning where we would go and everything for years. Then when the time actually came close to going I thought "I can't leave my 5 year old and 2 year old and go that far away!" So.. we didn't go!! We used the miles and went to Maine to visit my family - all of us. And then for our actually anniversary we went to Callaway Gardens in Georgia just for dinner and an overnight. It was near Christmas so they have the Fantasy in Lights which is a beautiful light display. We had a wonderful time and don't regret our decision for a minute. My suggestion for you since your kids will be older is to do whatever you want! Go on a cruise or go to Costa Rica (how fun!) and if you get close to the time and think like I did that you can't leave your kids then do something close to home for this one. But I did actually like your idea of bringing your mom along with the kids. They could totally have their own vacation! You could put them nearby where you will be and they could enjoy the beach or whatever and you guys could enjoy your own time alone. If you have the time to save and don't mind spending a little extra I think that's awesome because you wouldn't have to worry about them because they would be a phone call away. It's nice to think of friends and family but really your marriage is about the 2 of you. Invest in your relationship like this - it is so worth it!! :)
We just had our 10 yr and we went to disney world and Wizarding world of harry potter. It Was SOOO much fun without the kids.
