Kaitlyn& chris
October 2, 2010
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When Daniel Duffy and Melissa
Miller met at East Carolina
University in 2006, Daniel said,
“You look like the kind of girl I could spend
the rest of my life with.” This proved prophetic
because on September 25, 2010, the
two were married at Airlie Gardens.
After dating for three years, Daniel took
Melissa to Wrightsville Beach on a cold,
windy afternoon to look for sea glass. They
had made a hobby of collecting sea glass
along the North Carolina coast, and Melissa
thought it would be just another scavenger
hunt. That’s when Daniel found a large
piece of sea glass buried halfway in the sand.
When Melissa picked it up, it had the words
“Melissa will you marry me?” engraved on the
front. Completely shocked, Melissa turned
around and saw Daniel on one knee. He’d
had the sea glass custom-crafted for a proposal
that she will never forget.
“The wedding was amazing,” Melissa says.
“We had a sand ceremony with sand from
Wrightsville Beach and the New Jersey shore.”
The couple spent their honeymoon week
on the island of Bocas del Toro in Panama,
where they went horseback riding, tuna fishing
and island hopping.
They now reside in Wilmington, where
Melissa works at a doctor’s office as a medical
assistant, and Daniel works as a dental assistant
while he saves for dental school.
Kaitlyn Johnston and Chris Jarman first met on the golf courses around
Appalachian State, where they were on the golf teams. They became
friends over tee times and started seeing each other in 2004.
Chris proposed on the anniversary of their fifth year of dating. After a long
week at work, Kaitlyn didn’t want to make a big deal out of their anniversary.
But Chris was adamant about taking her out to dinner at the Bridge Tender,
her favorite restaurant. He told her to wait for a moment and left the table.
After a while, their waiter told Kaitlyn that Chris had a surprise for her on the
dock behind the restaurant. Thinking he had bought a boat, she went out on
the dock to take a look. That’s when Chris got down on one knee and presented
the engagement ring that Kaitlyn’s father had made.
The wedding was held at St. Mary Catholic Church on October 2, 2010.
Friends and family came out and shagged all night. The newlyweds honeymooned
in Antigua. Despite incessant rain, Chris and Kaitlyn zip lined through
rainforests and sailed on the clear blue water.
Now living in Charlotte, Kaitlyn works as the director of The First Tee of
Charlotte, a junior golf program, and Chris works for Dixon in industrial sales.
The Elements Ceremony Site St. Mary Catholic Church Reception
Site Dockside Restaurant Rehearsal Dinner Site Pine Valley Country Club Rentals
Rent-a-Tent Photography Joshua Curry Photography Officiant Father Bob Kus
Gown Fountaine Bridals Veil Fountaine Bridals Shoes Nina Shoes Hair and Makeup
Head to Toe Day Spa Bridesmaid Dresses A Carolina Wedding Formalwear Cape
Fear Formal Wear Invitations Mindy and Angie’s Fine Paper Flowers Island Florals
by Roxanne Catering Dockside Restaurant Cake Carolina Candy Company Music The
Imitations Favors Donation to the Alzheimer’s Association Transportation Kenneth
“Papa” Parker’s Antique Taxi Cab, Walt Lackey’s 21-foot Grady White driven by Kyle Lackey
Accommodations Hampton Inn & Suites at Wrightsville Beach Honeymoon Antigua
Melissa& Daniel
September 25, 2010
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