Piazza Messina

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Fall

Our Wedding

During the lonely days of the COVID lockdown, we both decided to test our luck with love online. Designed to be deleted, Hinge came through! After a memorable first date with Gramophone sandwiches and a stroll through Tower Grove Park, we hit it off, and the rest is history.We've traveled to Indiana, Ohio, Hawaii, Florida, and Louisiana, and we still aren't tired of each other. Having lived together for the past year and a half, we're ready to spend the rest of our lives together.

Our Story

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Maid of Honor: Julia Calandro

Jenny and Julia met within a few days of freshman year at Missouri S&T thanks to their sorority's formal recruitment. Ten years later, they're still best friends, even with the Kansas City-St. Louis distance!

Julia Calandro

Claire and Jenny have known each other since their days in Alton High's summer school p.e. - just about 14 years ago! They stayed friends throughout college and now live only 5 minutes apart!

Claire Backstrom

Jenny was introduced to Sam as a baby. As cousins, they watched each other grow up from afar. Huber family visits to Texas, Rose family visits to Illinois, and a Caribbean cruise cemented their friendship into adulthood.

Samantha Courtney

 Perhaps the longest of Jenny's relationships with the bridal party, Ryan has been stuck with Jenny since she was brought home from the hospital 29 years ago. He now gets a reprieve from his sister by living across the country, but these two will always be family.

Ryan Huber

I have known Max Wehmeier since second grade. When I transferred from St. Gerard Majella to Barretts elementary he and I quickly became friends. We've always had each-others backs and share many mutual interest. We've stayed friends even after going to different colleges, and eventually lived together for nearly two years after college.

Max Wehmeier

Will and I have known each other since elementary school as well; but if we're completely honest we didn't hangout, or really even talk much. It was only around 11th grade when he and I had AP Computer Science together that we realized how much we had in common and liked to hang together. Will, Max, and I quickly started hanging out together and became almost inseparable. Eventually Will and I lived together in college after he transferred to SEMO. We've remained friends to this day.

Will Mertz

Austin and I met in college. He was a roommate of a mutual friend of ours. If we're being honest we actually really annoyed each other at first. I annoyed him more than he did me, but the feeling was mutual to some degree. Over time though he became one of my best friends. We could always laugh about anything, and could make a good time out of anything. We ended up living together in college, and even worked briefly together at Super Bright LEDs.

Austin Keathley

Believe it or not, Brian (pictured here with Austin and Will) went all through high school with Austin, and happened to be the cousin of my randomly assigned roommate freshman year of college. We both ended up often times being in the same place at the same time which caused our friendship to slowly grow. Now he's one of my best friends who is always down to help with a side project, or hangout and watch football. He and Max are also in a jam band together where they play music and argue about what the name should be once a week.

Brian DeNatale

Wedding Party

Q + A

For those traveling from out of town, there are a ton of hotel options nearby. We recommend hotels in either St. Peters or St. Charles, MO for ease. Do to a limited number of out-of-town guests without strong St. Louis ties, we do not have a specific hotel selected with blocks. If you need help selecting a hotel, please let us know.

Travel

Want to make a day or weekend of it?

Of course there are a lot of things to do in St. Louis, but there are also tons of things to do in St. Charles, Missouri or Old Town Cottleville, Missouri!. There's tons of shopping, dining, and even a lot of activities outdoors!

Above is a map of Old Town Cottleville. If you arrive early, grab a drink or check out some of the shops! It's certainly a cute area! Piazza Messina is shown at the top so you can easily find your way after some adventures!

Jenny & Jack

Jenny & Jack

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