A bit of a change

With all the other changes taking place right now, it only seemed fitting that the wedding plans had changed also. :lol
Originally, we had planned on having a 'pre-wedding party' at M's mom's house, then a trip to the beach for the ceremony, then returning to 'mom's' for the reception.
Now, we're planning on having a small 'before party' at 'mom's' (for relatives and such) then the ceremony and reception here at our house (that sounds so cool, 'our' house :biggrin)
It's still going to be beach themed, my wife-to-be still swears she's wearing a sea-shell thong and pasties :rofl, however, we're going to bring the beach to us instead of the other way around.
The thought is (courtesy of Ran) having a 'runner' covered in sand, with seashells, etc...along the sides of it, tikki torches outside of that, for us to walk down...we have a 'grove' of bamboo in the backyard, which we're going to have trimmed/shaped, probably with some hanging shells, flowers, etc...on it, and an archway underneath.
So the only real issue now is finding someone to officiate it...we don't want a religious ceremony, and unfortunately in Jacksonville it's a bit difficult to find someone who's not to do it...any suggestions would be welcomed!

and on that note, back to unpacking boxes :scared