I am so honored to see Chris and Amanda’s beautiful 10-year vow renewal featured today on Magnolia Rouge! You can view the full feature HERE!

I thought it would be fun today to share a little of the meaning behind this wonderful day from Amanda herself:

“When you’ve been married for 10 years, it’s easy to look back and see how ingenuous you can be.  When you get married, you’ve never felt happier; you look beautiful and you are surrounded by friends and family who love and support you. The day you’re married, you don’t consider that marriage may be filled with ups and downs… you think about the happy and healthy times even though you vow to stay through the hard times, too. Your marriage vows aren’t something you say one time and you’re all set, but something you vow to live for on a daily basis. We soon found our marriage, as many do, in a hard place.  We were 5 years in and our lives were flipped upside down. Our marriage was suffering and we vowed again to start over. We knew we wanted to celebrate on the opposite end of that 5 years with a 10 year vow renewal. We were lucky enough to have our actual anniversary fall on a Friday, and exactly 10 years to the day, we renewed our vows.  We were surrounded by 35 of our closest family & friends, and of course now our children. After 10 years of marriage, we have three beautiful children who stood by our side during the ceremony and I carefully handpicked each of their outfits to fit their personality. Our oldest wore a very pretty long white dress as she’s very demure, our middle daughter wore a fluffy gray tulle dress that she twirled in all day long because she’s our spitfire and our baby boy wore a very dapper shirt and pants with darling gray suspenders and bow tie, our little man. The setting resembled our actual wedding day with ceremony & location both taking place outside and we found the most perfect, intimate setting right in the heart of Oklahoma City but with a backyard garden look & feel. Being in the wedding industry, we had many vendor friends help bring our vision to life.  It was a dream to work with some of the best in Oklahoma City, and abroad, on a personal level to bring our day together flawlessly.”

This vow renewal was absolutely overflowing with love, and I was so honored to be there and capture memories that this family will cherish for a lifetime. I wish Amanda & Chris another amazing 10 years of marriage and more!

You can see more of this gorgeous vow renewal here!

Photography: Callie Manion || Film Lab: PhotoVision || Planning: Emerson Events || Design: Amanda Watson || Florals: Juniper || Venue: Daffodil Hill Events || Stationary & Calligraphy: Oh Honey Paper Co || Wedding Dress: Alex Veil || Hair & Makeup: Chelsey Ann Artistry