71 days til the big day

Just 71 days til our re-dedication day. 67 days til we leave. So excited.

Last night Tim and I had a chance to see the wax mold of my wedding ring. Not very exciting until I put it on, and the jeweler placed the blue topaz in the setting. Having it right next to my engagement ring was amazing. It's gorgeous, cannot wait to see it in the actual ring, with the sapphires and diamonds, and then on my finger next to my engagement ring. It's going to be so beautiful.

Jennifer Smith with Turtle Bay Cafe/MarryMeAkumal is our wedding coordinator. She's meeting with the florist today to finalize the flowers for my bouquet and the arch. I'll be getting a final quote from her for everything once we have that worked out.

The day is shaping up quite nicely. The plan is this:

We will book a room for September 9th, our re-dedication day, at the Hotel Akumal Caribe (HAC), which is the hotel right on the beach at the location of our ceremony. This will be base camp for the day and evening.

After lunch, the two of us will head over to HAC with all of our stuff for the ceremony and for the dinner after. This is where I will have hair and makeup done, Tim will dress and after he has left, I will be helped into my dress.

At 5:30 will be waiting on the beach in front of the Akumal Webcam so the children and anyone else that wants to can watch, the camera updates every ten seconds or so.

http://www.locogringo.com/Upload/akumal-beach-cam.html

There will be an arch, decorated with coral chiffon draping, and flowers. The music will be played over the sound system at the Lol Ha restaurant right there on the beach. As the music begins, I will walk from the south end of the beach to the arch, that's a great aisle to walk down.

When I get to the arch, the music will be timed to change from the song I walk to, "Ill Stand By You" by the Pretenders, to some quieter background music by George Winston. We will both have our own prepared "vows", for lack of a better word, and afterwards, we will exchange rings, sealed with a kiss.

Then we will have a photo shoot, ending with a "trash the dress" session.

We can clean up, change, and generally freshen up in the hotel room at HAC, and then go out to the beach at about 7:00 ish, for our dinner on the beach, complete with torches. Not sure you will be able to see this on the webcam, but, will find out.

The time difference is one hour, Akumal is an hour ahead, so, it will be 5:30 for the ceremony for us, but, here in Utah it will be 4:30. So synchronize your watches for 16:30 hours on September 9th, and tune in for our big event.