10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DREAMS
/June 24th, 2021 is our 10 year anniversary.
WHAT?!?! How did that happen.
We were married in 2011, in a small country courthouse in Enterprise, AL right outside of the military base where Blake and I attended helicopter flight school for the Army. That’s where we met and were set up on a blind date.
We were young, and in love, and didn’t even care to have a wedding.
AKA we didn’t want to spend a lot of money, time was not on our side, and wanted the Army to station us together! Ha!
After we were married in the courthouse, we naturally went across the street and got matching “H” tattoos.
It was a “H” family crest that he hand-drew in basic training, inspired by his Italian heritage! He said one day he dreamed of having his future wife getting the tattoo, and there we were. Making his 18 year old dreams come true. Ha!
Here’s a pic from our “wedding” day. I had to go to work right after. hahahah!
Fast forward a couple years later and we found ourselves (just the two of us) in FIJI!!!
That was where we had our official wedding ceremony and honeymoon.
Here’s some (blurry) pics from that magical day and my “trash the dress” sesh after with Lia and Stu photography!
My fave wedding pic, that we’ve tried to recreate multiple times and failed haha!
My favorite pic walking down the “aisle.”
Trash the dress sesh!
My dress was from Winnie Couture in Atlanta, GA!
While we were happy to have such a romantic and exotic vacation, we knew we eventually wanted to celebrate with family and friends. We spent so much time in the mountains of Washington, dreaming of a big wedding in a log cabin, and our dreams were crushed when we realized it couldn’t happen. Here’s a pic from our meeting with a wedding planner, when we were certain it was going to happen! This was in front of the window we would’ve been married next to.
Unfortunately, with a military rotation for both of us to Korea, our plans were postponed, and just never happened.
This was at my Change of Command ceremony in Korea.
We are PRAYERFUL something small and intimate can happen this year or next, as a renewal of vows ceremony of sorts. However, we’re completely open to plans shifting due to his military obligations and COVID, and thus are in “dream” mode right now.
So that’s where this post comes in! A place for us all to dream about beautiful, secluded, winter escapes in the beautiful PNW!
Our dreams are to have a small, intimate renewal of vows ceremony in Washington state or Oregon (his family is in the Pacific Northwest and is much larger than mine), because it will be our 10 year anniversary this year!
Given COVID circumstances, and the nature of ever changing military service obligations, what I love about this option is we can be secluded from others (versus at an hotel or resort for example) and still have the intimacy of family time. Almost like a mini reunion!
Now we know things will be up in the air until the very last minute, and quite honestly we’ve done zero coordination for this, but that’s something I love about Air BnB.
We are able to reserve a place up front, to lock in the location and dates, and cancel for a full refund on many locations up until the week prior!
SCORE!
So…here’s to DREAMING BIG about some possible locations for our renewal of vows.
And here’s to dreaming that the welfare of our nation is better by then too!
Because at the end of the day, our special day can wait…but it doesn’t mean we can’t keep dreaming.
Come with me down dream lane. 😊
NOTE : FOR ALL LOCATIONS, YOU CAN HOVER OVER AND CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THE LOCATION
AND IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THEIR AIR BNB SITE FOR BOOKING! :)
A few other options that could work:
And here’s some other options, if Blake and I end up deciding to just take a mini trip by ourselves - which is a very likely option if COVID continues to keep our dreams a little small for the time being.
Either way, we just want to celebrate us, and 10 years of highs, lows, resilience, strength, courage, love, perseverance, forgiveness, faith, and commitment.
WE CLEARLY LOVEEEE THE AIR BNB A FRAMES!
WASN’T THAT FUN TO DREAM A LITTLE?
All of these places are so magical, and I love the policies that Air Bnb has in place for cleanliness.
These options are super host options as well, so they’ve been vetted even more with high reviews!
Be sure to pin an image in this post so you can easily reference it in the future too!
Gahhhh I can’t wait to make our dreams come true.
Until then, I hope you find some inspiration through here for your PNW travels, or even some home décor inspiration from these gorgeous homes!
Happy (safe) travels!
And more importantly, happy extravagant dreaming.
XX, Amy