Stephanie & Christian

April 27, 2024 • Columbus, OH

Stephanie & Christian

April 27, 2024 • Columbus, OH

Wedding Party

Rachel Rinaldi
Rachel Rinaldi - Maid of Honor
Known as her cousin, Rachel has been Stephanie's life-long best friend that is only 4 months older than her and commonly mistaken as her twin. Despite the 90 minute drive between them, this has never stopped their close bond as they share their love for Roller coasters, the Naked Brothers Band, Polar Bears and their passion to work with children.
Tyler Cole
Tyler Cole - Best Man
Tyler became Christian’s closest friend while attending Ohio University. Tyler lived a few doors down from Christian freshman year in Ryors Hall. They also lived together in a house for their junior and senior year. They bonded over their love for sports, video games and a good drink.
TT Rinaldi
TT Rinaldi - Bridesmaid
TT has known Stephanie most of her life, making Stephanie a big sister at the age of 6 years old when TT entered the Rinaldi Family at the age of 2. Despite these two different personalities living under the same roof; this Unicorn, Rainbow & Spongebob loving girl knows how to add some “spice to life”.
Christopher Bunting
Christopher Bunting - Groomsmen
Christian’s twin brother Christopher has been his closest friend since he was born 27 minutes after Christian (but who's counting). Christopher is an audiologist in Zanesville Ohio who loves a good drink.
Kayla Williams
Kayla Williams - Bridesmaid
Stephanie and Kayla who are nicknamed the "Birthday Twins" have known each other since Freshman Year of College. Sharing their love for Music Therapy and working with Children, these friends became closer by finding time outside of the classroom to get to know each other and continuing their friendship after graduating from Ohio University.
Dominic Bertke
Dominic Bertke - Groomsmen
Dominic lived two doors down from Christian freshman year in Ryors Hall. They also lived together in a house for their junior and senior year. They bonded over their love for music and baseball (even though he is a Cincinnati Reds fan).
Cassi Vadala
Cassi Vadala - Bridesmaid
Stephanie and Cassi met after Stephanie graduated from High School and began her job working as a Teacher's Assistant at Merry Moppet Early Learning Center. Cassi always found a way to make Stephanie laugh if it was through random exercise routines during classroom movie time, or dancing around the room to well known Disney music.
Aaron Miller
Aaron Miller - Groomsmen
Aaron and Christian became friends while at OU. Aaron lived two doors down from Christian freshman year in Ryors Hall. The two spent a lot of time together as they had numerous classes together as they are both mechanical engineers.
Emily Layton
Emily Layton - Bridesmaid
Becoming Stephanie's first friend after moving to Michigan, Stephanie and Emily met when both working part-time at St. Julian Winery. After finding out their apartments were within walking distance, these friends became close by planning multiple double dates and sharing their love for wine.
Michael Duda
Michael Duda - Groomsmen
Micheal became Christian’s first friend after moving to Michigan. They became friends after multiple double dates with their Fiancée’s (Stephanie and Emily).
Hannah Snyder
Hannah Snyder - Bridesmaid
Although Hannah and Tal have been life-long best friends, this didn't stop them from including Stephanie into fun activities while she was at Ohio University. Continuing their friendship past Stephanie's college gradation, Hannah still keep in touch and found times to get together to have late night bonfires or grab ice-cream despite living in different cities due to their jobs.
Dominic Zarba
Dominic Zarba - Groomsmen
Dominic has been Christian’s best friend since first grade when they met at Westview Elementary. Despite going to different colleges and living in different states since after high school, the two have stayed in touch and hang out together whenever they get the chance.
Tal Cheeseman
Tal Cheeseman - Bridesmaid
After taking a risk and going out of her comfort zone, Stephanie and Tal met after Stephanie began talking to her at an Ohio University Hockey game right after she took a seat in the row in front of her. Stephanie and Tal always found time to hang out with one another from carving pumpkins, tie dyeing t-shirts and eating Buffalo Wild Wings at a local park.
Aaron Ashby
Aaron Ashby - Groomsmen
Aaron and Christian have been friends since kindergarten at Westview Elementary. They were in choir together since 8th grade and even sang in the same ensemble for solo and ensemble. The two share a passion for Marvel movies, video games, and a good margarita at Tlaquepaque in Zanesville.
Nyra & Syra Singh
Nyra & Syra Singh - Flower Girls
After becoming the girls that Stephanie's mom would nanny full-time, it wasn't long before Stephanie knew they would both be a part of her big day. Nyra won Stephanie's heart with her unpredictable sassiness- winning her the title of "Stephanie's mini bestie" as she always finds a way to make her smile. Syra won Stephanie's heart after unfolding her class clown personality through her continuous smile and contagious laugh despite what's being thrown her way.
Owen Cheeseman
Owen Cheeseman - Ring Bearer
After asking his mom if he was her son, it wasn't long before Owen won Stephanie's heart. From the days of calling her "Stef-nee" to going into second grade reading full sentences, Owen has known Stephanie for half of his life. It was an easy decision for Stephanie to include him on her special day after remaining good friends with his mom and seeing all of the wonderful things he has done over the years.