Heidi Klum and Seal renew their wedding vows

[cmmdee]

May 19
'08
Heidi Klum and Seal renew vows in Indian-themed beach wedding


Heidi Klum, 34, and Seal, 45, return to Costa Careyes, Mexico every year to renew their vows at the same resort where they married in 2005. On May 10th they held an Indian-themed renewal ceremony and party attended by 50 guests. Heidi wore a red wedding sari for the day, according to this week’s edition of In Touch.
Last year the romantic couple held their commitment ceremony on May 13. Heidi and Seal’s first wedding on Costa Careyes was attended by just Heidi, Seal and her daughter Leni. They have since expanded their family to include boys Henry, two years and eight months, and Johan, 18 months.
Heidi revealed about two weeks ago that Seal proposed to her in a custom-made igloo he had built and outfitted in the Canadian Rockies in December, 2004. He arranged for both of them to be flown by helicopter up to the secluded igloo, which featured a bed, candles, and rose petals strewn around.
Can you imagine getting married every year? It seems like it might dilute the experience a little if you’re renewing your vows every year instead of every few years or at specific milestones in the relationship. At least it’s something incredible to look forward to. These two set the romantic bar incredibly high. If you had all that money at your disposal would you get married to your spouse every year? I think I might just go on vacation with my husband as much as possible. The honeymoon is the best part.
Photos are of Heidi and Seal at the Academy Awards on 2/24/08, thanks to WENN.



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[CherryDarling]

Good for them. They're one of the few celeb couples who seem genuine.

[Lily]

Yeah, I like them. And wow, he's 45????

[MissVenus]

OK, here is my 2 cents on renewing marriage vow... personally, I think it's over-rated and unnecessary... and completely inappropriate for couples who've been married for only a short while.

I mean, come on, you got married 3 years ago... people still have your stupid thank you card amongst the crap that needs to be filed/binned... fair enough if you REALLY want to celebrate your 25th Anniversary, but 3 years... please!

My parents have been married 32 years and on their 30th Anniversary a friend asked if they were renewing their vows and my mum said simply that she meant "til death do us part" the first time.

And I agree. I don't understand people's need to "renew" their vows. If you look at the traditional gifts for each of the anniversaries the 25th Anniversary is silver... before that the best gift is china on your 20th...

Traditional gifts

Year British American Modern
1st Paper Paper Clocks
2nd Cotton Cotton China
3rd Leather LeatherCrystal, Glass
4th Fruit, FlowersLinen, SilkAppliances
5th Wood Wood Silverware
6th Sugar Iron Wood
7th Wool, CopperWool, CopperDesk sets
8th Bronze, PotteryBronzeLinens, Lace
9th Pottery, WillowPotteryLeather
10th TinTin, Aluminum Diamond
11th Steel Steel Fashion jewelry
12th Silk, Linen SilkPearls, Colored gems
13th Lace LaceTextiles, Furs
14th Ivory Ivory Gold jewelry
15th Crystal Crystal Watches
16th Tungsten Silver holloware
17th Turquoise Furniture
18th Bismuth Bismuth Porcelain
19th Bronze
20th China China Platinum
25th Silver Silver Sterling silver
30th Pearl Pearl Diamond
35th Coral Coral, Jade Jade
40th Ruby Ruby Ruby
45th Sapphire Sapphire Sapphire
50th Gold Gold Gold
55th Emerald Emerald Emerald
60th Diamond Diamond Diamond
65th Star Sapphire Star Sapphire Star Sapphire
70th Platinum Platinum
75th Diamond Diamond Diamond
80th Oak Oak Diamond, Pearl
90th Granite Granite Diamond, Emerald

[Lily]

But 3 years in Hollywood is like 15 years to the rest of the world!

Seriously, though, I've read about a lot of couples renewing their vows, like, three months after their weddings, and it's like, are you afraid the commitment will wear off or something?

Anyway, I like Klum and Seal as a couple and hope they stick together.

[sputnik]

i think the whole renewing vows thing is cheesy and corny.

[A*O]

I know a couple who renewed their vows after a VERY rocky period in their 20 year marriage and it was great to see them reaffirm their commitment to each other when many other people would have just thrown in the towel. They learned from the experience and I wish them every happiness because I think it really will be 'til death us do part' now.

Heidi's looks sensational!

[sputnik]

^^
see, that i can understand. it was after 20 years, and a rough patch. what i think is tacky is when people do it right after they've been married, or just because they're attention whores and want to throw another party that's all them and how special they are.

[A*O]

By all means throw a big wedding anniversary party but I agree that the vow renewal thing is tacky unless you have a good reason. Mind you, ANY Hollywood marriage that lasts more than 2 years is a celebration in itself.

[cmmdee]

I like these two together.
I'm all for vow renewals. It does seem stupid to do them every other day but maybe they never had the big celebration they wanted.

[Sweetie]

What a bunch of morons.

[Tati]

It definitely seems silly to me to renew vows after a short period of time. It makes perfect sense to do it in a case like AO's friends (or Richard and Emily on Gilmore Girls!), though, if that's what you want.

If I were ever to do it, I think I would keep the vow renewal completely separate from any anniversary party. But I can see someday (I'm talking decades down the road) wanting to do an extremely private vow renewal that was just for the two of us. Nobody would even have to know - I can see how that could be sweet.

[jive]

they are cute and all but i couldn't care less about hem renewing their vows. Can't they keep it to themselves?

[celeb_2006]

they are cute and all but i couldn't care less about hem renewing their vows. Can't they keep it to themselves?

I agree, along with others. A bit tacky to constantly renew vows after a short time, almost as if they want the world to know how much of a loving couple they are, seems forced to me.

[B.C.]

Guess their getting it in early as they may not last to the point where most ordinary people would renew their vows. Seems like an attention seeking move to me.