Humans have always loved to celebrate and create festivities, so it's no surprise that

one of the trends of recent years is to renew marriage vows and celebrate weddings after 5, 10, 20, 25 or 50 years of marriage.

It is an opportunity to put on a wedding dress again, have a beautiful photo session and dance until dawn with friends and loved ones. This summer, after 10 years of marriage, wedding photographer Agneta Jonele and her husband Pēteri celebrated their wedding anniversary and "married" again.

Why was it important for you both to celebrate your 10th wedding anniversary in this way?

My belief is quite simple: marriage should be celebrated. Really. Seriously. My summers are spent photographing weddings and my husband and I were longing for a proper wedding party where we can finally spoil ourselves, dance until dawn, party with friends and enjoy all the other holiday privileges. The 10 year wedding anniversary was the reason to do it.  When planning the budget, at some point, doubt creeps in, of course, because the thought that it might be better to go on an exotic trip comes to mind. But now that the party is over, we haven't regretted for a moment that we chose to do it this way.

With what feelings do you remember your wedding 10 years ago and this summer?

Our wedding 10 years ago was great - fun, with lots of guests and all the classic wedding things. However, comparing our feelings, now, after 10 years of marriage and 15 years together, our confidence in each other is even greater than then. And this is logical, because otherwise we would hardly hold such a celebration. Even then, I didn't doubt my choice, but if I was 100 percent sure then, it's seven times more so now, because together we've experienced both joy and excitement, as well as difficulties and falls. We were "greener" back then, more excited, maybe a little stressed. And it's perfectly normal to get married at 24 because you're young and inexperienced. Also, in a purely practical way, weddings were not celebrated like they are now with the “Pinterest era” and when I look at the wedding photos, I laugh that it was a bit old-fashioned back then - from the choice of outfits and the decorations. Now there was no room for excitement, organizational worries, we both just enjoyed the day in the truest sense of the word. There were those pleasant tingles again, the thrill, the unspeakable joy, but above all, the love and the fact that you know - if I had to stand before the altar with you again, I would do it without hesitation.

I laughed and told my friends - I'm getting married, I'm getting married again with my husband, it's wonderful!

Tell us a little about what your second wedding day was like?

We did not get married again in the church. We got married in church 10 years ago, and Lutherans don't really have a tradition of renewing their vows in church on wedding anniversaries. We also didn't want to do it somehow artificially, because in reality we have already given and shown the biggest promises in our relationship with our actions and attitude.  We wanted to celebrate this holiday beautifully - together with family, relatives and close friends, with good music, crazy dances and laughter. We had a colossal host for the evening and an equally cool DJ and band playing rock and roll. In the morning, friends and my brother came to our house, I had a make-up artist, beautiful music played, we laughed, laughed and drank champagne. It was such a beautiful morning! I was wearing a long white dress and my husband and sons were in beautiful black suits. Later, a photographer and our friends - videographers joined us, we went for an outdoor photo session, but in the evening, the guests and the host of the evening welcomed us with an ovation at the place of celebration. Everything is like a wedding!

What excited you the most during this event?

My emotion throughout the evening was so great that during the course of the evening I was unable to say a single sensible speech that I had prepared for so long and that would have been longer than three minutes, because I instantly burst into tears. I also had to cry for the speeches of family and friends. We were most moved by my brother's speech, during which I even cried twice and that,

what can I recommend to those going to weddings or wedding anniversaries or other celebrations - heartfelt, sincere speeches make the celebration very personal and emotional.

It's so cool when you manage to overcome your shyness and please the closest people like this, it stays in your memory and warms your heart.

Would you recommend other couples to celebrate their wedding anniversary in this way?

If you ask me - why and was it worth it - I say yes without hesitation! Šī bija viena no skaistākajām dienām. On the one hand, it seems that 10 years is not so much at all, but on the other hand, nowadays it is not a little either, so I will say it again - marriage should be celebrated!