St. Joseph Roman Catholic church

Ceremony

South Gate Manor

Reception

Radisson Hotel Freehold

After Party 

Our Wedding

<p>It&nbsp;all&nbsp;started&nbsp;when&nbsp;Charlie&nbsp;and&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;met&nbsp;up&nbsp;at&nbsp;a&nbsp;local&nbsp;Stop&nbsp;and&nbsp;Shop&nbsp;to&nbsp;first&nbsp;meet&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;after&nbsp;talking&nbsp;online.&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;came&nbsp;up&nbsp;with&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;public&nbsp;parking&nbsp;lot&nbsp;before&nbsp;heading&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Laurita&nbsp;Winery&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;on&nbsp;their&nbsp;first&nbsp;date&nbsp;in&nbsp;October&nbsp;of&nbsp;2019.&nbsp;From&nbsp;the&nbsp;moment&nbsp;they&nbsp;met,&nbsp;it&nbsp;seemed&nbsp;like&nbsp;they&nbsp;knew&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;for&nbsp;what&nbsp;seemed&nbsp;like&nbsp;an&nbsp;eternity&nbsp;.&nbsp;It&nbsp;was&nbsp;never&nbsp;awkward&nbsp;and&nbsp;never&nbsp;a&nbsp;dull&nbsp;moment&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;in&nbsp;&nbsp;one&nbsp;another's&nbsp;company.&nbsp;Unfortunately,&nbsp;they&nbsp;stopped&nbsp;talking&nbsp;that&nbsp;December.&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;randomly&nbsp;got&nbsp;the&nbsp;courage&nbsp;to&nbsp;contact&nbsp;Charlie&nbsp;back&nbsp;in&nbsp;2020&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;middle&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;pandemic&nbsp;to&nbsp;reconnect.&nbsp;It&nbsp;seemed&nbsp;like&nbsp;they&nbsp;never&nbsp;missed&nbsp;a&nbsp;beat.&nbsp;It&nbsp;became&nbsp;evident&nbsp;that&nbsp;something&nbsp;was&nbsp;really&nbsp;there,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;became&nbsp;official&nbsp;a&nbsp;whole&nbsp;year&nbsp;after&nbsp;they&nbsp;first&nbsp;met.&nbsp;Charlie&nbsp;asked&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;his&nbsp;girlfriend&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;epic&nbsp;Halloween&nbsp;party&nbsp;that&nbsp;Amanda's&nbsp;cousin&nbsp;hosts.&nbsp;Charlie&nbsp;and&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;were&nbsp;both&nbsp;dressed&nbsp;up&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;swat&nbsp;team.&nbsp;Fast&nbsp;forward&nbsp;3.5&nbsp;years&nbsp;later,&nbsp;on&nbsp;April&nbsp;12th&nbsp;2024...Charlie&nbsp;planned&nbsp;a&nbsp;surprise&nbsp;proposal.&nbsp;Amanda&nbsp;thought&nbsp;she&nbsp;was&nbsp;going&nbsp;out&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;girls&nbsp;night&nbsp;out&nbsp;and&nbsp;long&nbsp;behold&nbsp;when&nbsp;she&nbsp;got&nbsp;to&nbsp;Laurita&nbsp;Winery&nbsp;with&nbsp;her&nbsp;good&nbsp;friend&nbsp;...she&nbsp;saw&nbsp;her&nbsp;parents,&nbsp;brother,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Charlie's&nbsp;parents&nbsp;off&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;winery.&nbsp;A&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;song&nbsp;came&nbsp;on&nbsp;"You&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;Reason."&nbsp;As&nbsp;she&nbsp;walked&nbsp;up,&nbsp;she&nbsp;then&nbsp;saw&nbsp;her&nbsp;future&nbsp;right&nbsp;before&nbsp;her&nbsp;eyes&nbsp;as&nbsp;Charlie&nbsp;walked&nbsp;out&nbsp;and&nbsp;got&nbsp;down&nbsp;on&nbsp;one&nbsp;knee.&nbsp;So&nbsp;today,&nbsp;we&nbsp;start&nbsp;to&nbsp;plan&nbsp;for&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;wedding&nbsp;we&nbsp;always&nbsp;dreamt&nbsp;of.&nbsp;We&nbsp;can't&nbsp;wait&nbsp;to&nbsp;celebrate&nbsp;with&nbsp;family&nbsp;and&nbsp;our&nbsp;friends&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;love&nbsp;so&nbsp;much&nbsp;❤️</p>

The Story Of Us

Our Story

Photos

Nicholas Lardieri is one of Charlies longest standing friends and his Best Man. Went to kindergarten together as well as all of elementary and middle school together. Fell off for a few years since going to different high schools, but always found a way back together from the old movies and Applebee's days with friends. You can see how much of a friendship these two have built through there signature handshake whenever its time to say goodbye or the fact they call each other cousins. Nick has seen how much Amanda means to Charlie, even from their first meeting at a Halloween party and Amanda bribing all of Charlies' friends with Chic-fil-A be our guests cards. Nick wills always say that Amanda and Charlies' first child will be a boy and still swears by it to this day (hopefully he is right). Nick is one of the best friends someone can ever had and its an honor to have him as Best Man.  

Nicholas Lardieri

Cynthia and Amanda met at the good old occ days. They shared a public speaking class together and became friends. They both transferred to different Universities after occ. Life had a funny way of becoming a full circle moment. Fast forward a few years later, they reconnected when Amanda started dating Charlie.  Amanda would like to thank Cynthia because the first conversation Amanda and Charlie had was "How did we both know Cynthia" and now here we are because she was dating Charlies good friend, Joe. Then Amanda started dating Charlie.  Can't wait for the whole friend group to celebrate together ! Love you so much 💗

Cynthia Vitolo

Natalie and Amanda go way back to babies. Natalie is Amanda's cousin but again practically a sister. They share many fun memories as little kids. Natalie can share many funny stories of them growing up together. From the best Christmas Eve parties at grandma and pop pops house. But we won't mention the princess visor that Amanda didn't share with Natalie when they were kids lol.  To many more beautiful memories to now being in one another's weddings.  I'm so excited for you to be my rock and make sure I'm having plenty of mimosas the day of. Love you forever girl!

Natalie Brandt

Christen is Amanda's younger cousin. Amanda remembers playing with Christen at the family parties. Although only 6 years apart, Amanda can remember her being born like it was yesterday and holding her when she was just a kid herself. Now we are both all grown up.  I am so proud of all that Christen has accomplished. We both share being born on the 13th of the month.  I know Nonna is smiling down and is so happy that we get to share this together. Can't wait to have you by my side love you !

Christen Stefanelli 

Amanda has known Kayla since she was a little baby! Now Kayla is all grown up and 18!  Kayla is Amanda's little cousin and the life of the party! I know Nonna is looking down and happy we can share this moment together ❤️ We can't wait to see your bridal entrance that you have been practicing 😉 love you Kayla and  get ready to party !!

Kayla Marabello

Kerri and Amanda first met when Keri started dating Amanda's cousin, Kyle. Several years later, Kyle and Kerri got married. Now Amanda can officially call Kerri her cousin even though it felt like that since day one. Both Kerri and Charlie have fit into the family since the very first day. Kerri and Amanda both share their mutual love for shein, often talking about the latest fashion trends. They also share their mutual love of airbrush foundation when they spotted  it in Aunt Theresa's  makeup collection and proceeded to spray it all over their faces lol. Love ya girl 

Kerri Brandt

Cheyenne is Charlie's cousin. Charlie spent many childhood memories with Cheyenne. The day Amanda first met Cheyenne, she immediately felt like family.  Fast forward to Amanda's bachelorette party, Cheyenne was the life of the party and the girl you could count on to have a good time with. The moment the bachelorette party ended and we had to say goodbye at the airport it felt like a long distance relationship saying bye haha. But based on the instant bond, of Cheyenne having with both Charlie and Amanda. It was only necessary to have her in the bridal party and be by our side on our special day.

Cheyenne Leone

John Todd is one of Charlies groomsman and a long standing friend. John and Charlie first met when working at Lester Glenn, but didn't really know each other. It was until Nicholas Lardieri formally introduced the two outside of work and the rest is history. You can usually find John and Charlie gaming together or in talks about music, cars or the latest and greatest anime and who is going to be worse that year the Jets or Giants. John is a painfully honest, down to earth, chill and always down to party guy, which will be showcased at the wedding!

John Todd

Alex is Charlies' cousin on his dads side and they have been thick as thieves since birth. Alex is a firefighter and extremely proud of it. Ever since he was young if you asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, you couldn't finish the sentence without him saying "firefighter". Charlie and Alex love swapping stories  of weekend escapades or reminiscing of family vacations to Long Beach Island (those will be coming back!). On Charlies' surprise 30th birthday Charlie, Alex and Thomas were all talking about what the future holds and the people we have in our lives and some of best words came out of Alex's mouth, saying "we have great women by our side", referring to Amanda, Brittany ( Alex's'  girlfriends) and Nicole( Thomas" Wife). This would be the most true statement to ever come out of his mouth. Can't wait to celebrate and party with you Cuz, Love ya

Alex Gillespie

Joe is another friend Charlie met through Nick. Nick and Joe were neighbors when they were kids and it just branched off from there. Joe and Charlie have some pretty interesting stories they can share about their friendship. From the steering wheel of Joe's boat sheering off to the time Amanda and Cynthia both got flagged when shooting at the cabin. Joe and Charlie can be found usually talking about future fishing trips, computer build ideas and suggestions or recipe ideas they can try out at their next get together. Its thanks to Nick and Joe that Charlie rediscovered his love for watching hockey games and thanks to Joe for including Charlie in going to a few games this past year. Love you dude!

Joseph Suliga

Thomas is one of Charlies' cousins on his dad's side of the family and is a Christmas baby. Charlie was so excited when Thomas proposed and married his wife Nicole(who is a sweetheart) Charlie got even more excited when he was invited to go to Thomas' bachelor party to Nashville, which was a blast! Thomas and Charlie are basically a month and were very close growing up. They have many fond memories as kid. From years of watching Power Rangers and Rugrats to yearly family vacations to Long Beach Island. It was at Thomas' wedding, in which Charlie and Amanda attended, that people started telling Charlie that "he was next." Love you Tom can't wait to celebrate! 

Thomas Approvato

Joey is Amandas brother and Charlie's soon to be brother-in-law. From the first day Charlie met Joey at his parents house its easy to see that they could be brothers. From talks of history and sports to where to get the best bite to eat, they connected like future family should. Joey, I am so glad to eventually call you my brother and stand by my side on the most special day of mine and your sisters lives. Love you dude! 

Joseph Genovese Jr

Michael is Charlie's 1st cousin on his mom's side. What's nice is they see eachother a lot considering they live less than a quarter mile from eachother. You can always find these two talking about the car business or something involving sports how bad the jets and giants are going to be this year. They like to reminisce of the days when everyone would meet up at grandma's house for Sunday dinners and talks of whats going on in everyone's lives. As kids they used to butt heads all the time, but as they grew they grew closer. On Charlies bachelor trip Mike was one the who knew everything about Key West, best places to party, best food and best sites to see. Charlie expresses how happy he was to enjoy that time not just with his close friends, but with family also. Love you Mike thank you for everything can't wait to celebrate! 

Michael Leone

Wedding Party

Q + A

<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Guests who will be wanting to book a room, we set up room blocks! There will also be a shuttle bus to pick up guests&#160; from the hotel to get dropped off to the venue.</p>


Amanda & Charles

Amanda & Charles

Accommodations

Radisson Hotel Freehold