I've always wanted a beautiful wedding in the countryside; white dress, good food, drinks, dancing, the whole shebang. However, my Husband and I were cornered into an early marriage that ended up being a same-day appointment courthouse thing. I don't feel like giving too many details regarding the circumstances of our sudden marriage, so all you need to know is that 1) we are both Active Duty military and that was the root cause of our situation and 2) for our specific relationship, there was NO WAY POSSIBLE we could have waited for marriage until the day when a "real" wedding was possible.
We still very much both want to have some semblance of a nice wedding and are currently making moves toward having something on our second anniversary. All of our family is aware of the situation and most have given approval of our plans, so what I need help with is how to best plan this event. I'm thinking of doing a vow renewal that functions mostly like a smaller wedding?