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

Rings

So, since the plans are 'made' (just need to be set in motion) the next thing we needed to work on was selecting the rings. We really liked the ones at the Crystal Realm (link to the left), but the problem was selecting one (we like most, if not all of them! :lol)
So ~M~ thought we should pick our favorite 3, describe why we like them, and see where to go from there...I decided to post mine on here, so you could give me your opinions too :rofl
In the order of favoritism...links open in a new window.

Love Ring - Elvish
this is the newest one, and the fact that I like the movie LOTR doesn't hurt :lol. I like the style, the lettering, and needless to say, the message on it.

Inspiration
I also like the style and message on this one, completely conveys what our relationship has and is...

from my soul
again, the style and design, but the inscription inside is what got this one into the top 3.

OK, so there you have them...what do you think?