Whazahowahuh?!?  You have to request time off a year in advance?  Wow.  Hey, nothing against your job - don't know what it is and am not going to ask, but wow.  I have trouble planning a month in advance, let alone a year.
Perhaps a two-day affair.  I could take a Friday off or something.  Just something to think about.  Of course, nothing official or set in stone.  We're just throwing stuff out there right now.