tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77615591533219561152011-11-27T16:45:08.081-08:00The Chattin Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406507631908897234noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761559153321956115.post-9707994614002518482008-12-10T10:44:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:47:02.835-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vv-uxj3g74Q/SUAOcbSxrYI/AAAAAAAAAJY/dcoZpYk9_-M/s1600-h/announcement.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278234644803857794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vv-uxj3g74Q/SUAOcbSxrYI/AAAAAAAAAJY/dcoZpYk9_-M/s400/announcement.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vv-uxj3g74Q/SUAOSx0izCI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/ekmC7WQmOQM/s1600-h/announcement.JPG"></a>Please join us at the reception! </div><div> </div><div>Love, </div><div>The Mr. and Mrs.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7761559153321956115-970799461400251848?l=thechattinfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Chattin Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406507631908897234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761559153321956115.post-41233216019334735542008-12-08T09:56:00.000-08:002008-12-11T18:17:51.930-08:00It's a funny story actually... (this is the shortest version...)<br /><br />We met...<br /><br />Fell in love...<br /><br />We got engaged...<br /><br />We set the date...<br /><br />The dress was bought...<br /><br />Location secured...<br /><br />Invitations printed...<br /><br />But we couldn't stand to be apart.... so on an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">admittedly</span> crazy whim in late October, while driving through Florida, we took a slight detour. We ended up in a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">teenie</span> tiny town in Georgia (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Statenville</span>) and then we kinda - sorta - quite possibly got married. It was romantic and we loved it.<br /><br /><br /><br />So that is our BIG secret. We got married already. Guess its not really a secret anymore. : ) We hope that you will all come to the RECEPTION on December 31st. We love you all.<br /><br /><br /><br />The Mr. and Mrs.<br />Mandy and Emery <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Chattin</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7761559153321956115-4123321601933473554?l=thechattinfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Chattin Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406507631908897234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761559153321956115.post-49685491269725164902008-10-25T22:00:00.000-07:002008-12-10T11:13:11.605-08:00Emery flew down to Tampa, Florida and we drove together to visit my parents in Panama City on the 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span>. We stayed for a few days. It was great to visit my parents. Emery worked/golfed with my Dad Saturday. He asked my Dad if he could marry me. I wonder how much my Dad paid Emery to take me?.... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hmmm</span>....<br /><br />Anyway, later that evening we walked along a beach in Panama City while the sun was setting. It was breathtaking. Off in the distance my parents were "lurking" taking pictures. Emery and my Dad had been plotting most of the afternoon to get the proposal just right.<br /><br />We walked down one side of the water and on our way back I saw a bottle floating in the water, It was tied to shore. There was a Halloween wedding at one of the decks so I just assumed it was for them. Emery said something like... Oh look a message in a bottle, we should open it... I said something like, We can't it's not ours. It's probably for that wedding over there. After much reassurance that it was for me and that I should open it. He got on his knees and I opened up the bottle with the letter. I read the letter (I'll post it later). He slipped a beautiful ring on my hand and I of course said yes! It was an exciting night for us.<br /><br />Mandy and Emery<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7761559153321956115-4968549126972516490?l=thechattinfamily.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Chattin Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10406507631908897234noreply@blogger.com0