Bride: We are here for a celebration.
Groom: We are here to celebrate love.
Bride: We are here to celebrate marriage -- our own specific marriage which has endured for X years.
Groom: Today we celebrate those X years. We rejoice that X years ago we had the good sense to marry one other.
Bride: We have dried each others' tears. We have applauded each others' successes. For X years, we have lived and loved.
Groom: Today we celebrate the memory of all those years. We celebrate, as well, the hopes we cherish for the years ahead. Most of all, we celebrate now, today, this special once-in-a-lifetime occasion which our love has earned for us.
Bride: It is a day of days, a time of times, a dream come true. Like all the other days of our lives, we celebrate it together.

My dearest ___, it was 25 years ago that we first pledged our commitment to one another, but it seems like just yesterday that I was standing across from my beautiful bride/handsome groom. We have been through a lot together - laughter and tears, joy and sorrow - and through all those times, I can honestly say, I loved you every step of the way. Today, I want to renew those vows and again pledge my love and life to you. I promise to be there for you in sickness and health, in middle and old age, in good and bad hair days. Whether you feel thin, fat, beautiful, ugly, fit and trim, or out of shape I will always think that you are perfect - perfect for me. I am here to be your supporter, your confidant, and your best friend. You are my (nickname or other). I have been blessed for the last 25 years and am thrilled that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you.

Gus & Channa
August 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Crescent Bay Beach Laguna Bench CA

Rev. Dian:

When you first joined hands and hearts you did not know where life would take you. You promised to love, honor and cherish one another through all times. Life has surely brought you both wonderful blessings such as Gage & Gia and for that I thank you. Therefore, you will have fulfilled your promise. And god is smiling.

Gus, Channa has something she would like me to say to you for her:

On our wedding day I made a choice, to pledge my commitment to you. And although it seems like just yesterday when I stood across from you as my groom we have been through a lot together-laughter and tears, joy and sorrow and through those times, I can honestly say, I have loved you every step of the way. Today I want to renew these vows and again pledge my love and life to you. I promise to be there for you in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer I will always think you are perfect-perfect for me. I am here to be your supporter, your confidant and most of all your best friend. Faced with changes and alternatives I have become so aware that you are and always will be my soul-mate. I thank you for the 2 wonderful children you have given me and I promise to love you, honor you and cherish you and most of all keep you in my heart forever. So, whatever the future my hold for us, we will always have our love and that for me is enough. I will love you always.

Gus, do you have anything you would like to say to Channa…

(This was a suprise to Gus)

Rev Dian:

So, as you come here today to reaffirm your wedding vows and as you reflect back over all the years as husband and wife, do you now reaffirm the vows you took years ago?

Gus repeat after me: I Gus, take you, Channa, to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.

Channa repeat after me: I, Channa, take you, Gus, to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.

May you love deeply, laugh out loud every day, realize all your hopes and dreams. By the power vested in me, by the state of California, it is my honor to pronounce you husband and wife AGAIN.

You may now share your first Kiss as a renewed Married Couple.

You are perfect - perfect for me. I am here to be your supporter, your confidant, and your best friend. You are my (nickname or other). I have been blessed for the last 25 years and am thrilled that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you.

On our wedding day, I made a choice. It was the most important and significant choice of my life and I made it only after a great deal of consideration. On that day, I chose you to be my husband/wife. I thought then that such a decision, once made, was final and irrevocable. Now I know that the selection of a life partner is not a one-time decision but an on-going process. Many times in the years since then, I have chosen you again. Faced with changes and alternatives, I have become keenly aware that a marriage lasts only so long as both partners desire each other above all others. As our lives have been affected by the ebb and flow of other lives and events, there have been many times when I could have chosen to go in a different direction. I did not. The reason is simple: no other person has ever aroused in me the feelings of tenderness, joy and caring which you elicit. I elect to stay with you not because I feel obligated to meet your needs but because you continue to meet mine. I live with you not because a legal document says that I am your wife/husband but because, in my heart of hearts, I still want to be by your side more than I want to be anywhere else.

Robert & Sara Pine
September 4th 2009
Doubletree Dana Point CA

Rev. Dian:

When you first joined hands and hearts you did not know where life would take you. You promised to love, honor and cherish one another through all times. Life has surely brought you both wonderful blessings and god is smiling.

Sara, Robert has something he would like to say to you:
Sara,
I don't just love you; I'm in love with you because you are my wife and my best friend. We can talk and do anything with each-other. I love the fact that we still hold hands where ever we go and the fact that I still want to open every door for you. Today is how I can show you how much I love you.
You have been the foundation of this family. The boys and I are where we are and who we are today, because of you.
I never ask myself what is going to happen in the future. Because, I can honestly say that I don't care, as long as I'm with you.
I do see us in the next 10 years driving through the Mountains in a Jeep Wrangler, top down and still holding hands. And me being even more madly in love with you.
Sara Jeneane Pine
I love you with all my heart and soul because: you are my wife, my best friend and the mother of our children.
Me and You
Always and forever

Sara would you like to take a moment and say anything to Robert at this time…

Rev Dian:

So, as you come here today to reaffirm your wedding vows and as you reflect back over all the years as husband and wife, do you now reaffirm the vows you took 10 years ago?

Robert repeat after me: I ROBERT, take you, Sara, to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.

Sara repeat after me: I, Sara, take you, ROBERT, to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.

May you love deeply, laugh out loud every day, realize all your hopes and dreams. By the power vested in me, by the state of California, it is my honor to pronounce you husband and wife ALL OVER AGAIN.

You may now share your first Kiss as a renewed Married Couple.

Bride: We are here for a celebration.
Groom: We are here to celebrate love.
Bride: We are here to celebrate marriage -- our own specific marriage which has endured for X years.
Groom: Today we celebrate those X years. We rejoice that X years ago we had the good sense to marry one other.
Bride: We have dried each others' tears. We have applauded each others' successes. For X years, we have lived and loved.
Groom: Today we celebrate the memory of all those years. We celebrate, as well, the hopes we cherish for the years ahead. Most of all, we celebrate now, today, this special once-in-a-lifetime occasion which our love has earned for us.
Bride: It is a day of days, a time of times, a dream come true. Like all the other days of our lives, we celebrate it together.

You have changed since then. I have changed, and the world around us has changed most of all. But one thing has not changed. X years ago, I promised to love you, to give of my best to you, to cherish and keep you no matter what else happened. I have not always lived up to my best intentions but I have always loved you. I still love you. I love you more now than I did then because I know you better now. And I've matured: the sharp edges of youth have mellowed, increasing my capacity for, and my pleasure in love. We've watched our babies grow up and become independent. We've moved, we've had successes and setbacks. We've weathered a good many storms. Some of the things we worried about turned out not to matter at all. What really mattered was our love. The one constant in our lives has grown stronger and I thank you now for the joy you've given me during these X years together. It is with a glad heart that I renew my original wedding vows. I still promise to love you, honor you, cherish and keep you. I continue to want you, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. Whatever the future may hold for us, we will always have our love. It is enough.