We then went on to checking out all the possibilities for wedding cake toppers. There really are a lot of those to choose from.  So many styles and designs. There’s toppers for seasonal weddings, ethnic weddings and even funny toppers with a whimsical scenario. That’s the one we chose. We knew our friends would get a kick out of it and we’d have a few laughs. We wanted a topper with a sense of humor.

   Then it was my turn to take over as it was time to choose the decorations, food and drinks and all the little things he didn’t want to get into. Things like wedding album, wedding picture frame and stuff like that. So those were up to me. I started with the decorations, since we were having our ceremony and reception on the beach, I made sure I had a beach themed décor to go along with it.  There were sea shells and starfish and a million other things to help me decorate my ocean side wedding and reception. As far as the food goes, it will be seafood, of course, shrimp, crab legs, and other assorted foods to go along with sand and surf. My wedding album, wedding picture frame and just about everything I ordered for our ceremony and reception, were for a beach motif.

   When it came to picking out gifts for everyone, my fiance did help with that. We made sure all the wedding favors had something to do with the ocean, just like our funny wedding cake topper, the favors had to fit in with a beach wedding. He picked out all the groomsmen gifts, his best mans gift and a special little gift for his nephew, who was our ring boy. I took care of my girls, my maid of honor, bridesmaids and my little flower girl, who is my best friends daughter. Now we had to find the perfect gifts for our parents. We wanted something very special to show our appreciation for all their help in preparing for this wedding ceremony and reception. This was probably the hardest of all to choose, but we decided to go with something we knew they all needed. A vacation. Since my fiance works for the airlines, he had no problem getting a great deal on tickets. They don’t know it yet, but tomorrow the four of them will be on their way to a quiet little vacation spot for the weekend.

  Well, everything was just fantastic, the ceremony was beautiful and the reception was a lot of laughs, dancing and eating, lots of eating! And I was right about my choice of  wedding toppers, everyone had a good laugh over it. We left before the reception was over, of course, because we wanted to get started on our fabulous honeymoon. By the way, our parents loved the vacation idea for them. They had a great time and got to relax in the warm sand and sun in the scenic paradise of Aruba.