Gabrielle & Jon
Wedding Party
Meredith Gormley
Maid of Honor
Mere has been Gabrielle's best friend since 7th grade. They have been through it all together! They graduated middle and high school together, were roommates at West Virginia University for 4 years and have supported each other from day 1. Mere and Gabrielle take pride in the way they were raised to be strong independent women and don't let anyone forget it! Mere has always been by Gabrielle's side and was the first to hear about a boy named Jon who worked at the Lyons Den 10 years ago.
Delwyn Molina
Best Man
After a lifetime of being there for each other in the best and worst of times, Delwyn and Jon are the closest of friends. While it wasn't always sunshine and rainbows (brother quarrels were quite common growing up), going to West Virginia University was the best thing to happen to The Brothers Molina. As much as a big brother can teach a younger one, Jon continues to learn from Del every day. These brothers are truly cut from the same cloth, both enjoying golf, music, DC sports, disc golf, pupusas, beer, etc. Oh, and you should have seen them looking out for each other on the rugby pitch in sunny Morgantown WV. What's stronger than a bond between brothers? Brothers that are best friends.
Kristen Melchiorre
Maid of Honor
Kristen and Gabrielle met in high school. They became friends during their field hockey careers and as the high school years rolled on they began to get closer and closer. Kristen and Gabrielle quickly realized how much they had in common from their large Italian families to a shared love of Harry Potter, pizza and Philadelphia sports. Kristen has become not only a lifelong friend but family to Gabrielle and Jon. You can find the three of them together most weekends playing games, hanging out on the bay in Stone Harbor or swapping comic books!
Oliver Molina
Best Man
Ah, the youngest of The Brothers Molina. Some might say the wisest. While Del and Jon tend to wear their emotions on their sleeves, Oliver has always been the cool, calm, and collected voice of reason for Jon. Jon can certainly continue to learn this from Oliver. This guy is way too cool for school, but he still does much to learn from big bro. Like dude, when your brother is going to the Caps championship parade, you HAVE to go, even if your friends aren't going. Keep that in mind for the next one. The love of DC sports is truly what this family is all about.
Caroline Espe
Bridesmaid
Caroline Espe has been an honorary member of the Massaro family sine 2004. Gabrielle and Caroline met at Scared Heart in the 7th (6th for Caroline) grade. Their shared love of all things emo connected these two from the jump! Going to a countless number of concerts and having sleepovers that lasted weekends have been a regular tradition for these two over their 16 years of friendship. Caroline is more than a best friend she is a sister and another member of the family!
Megan Hawkins
Bridesmaid
Megan (Mug) has been the most supportive and fiercest friend any girl could ask for. Mug and Gabrielle have been friends since high school and have shared many adventures together from nights in Camden, birthdays at Maggie O'Neill's and Irish dancing where ever Gab asked her to. Mug is an amazing mother to the greatest little man in the world Cillian Hawkins who Gabrielle is proud to be called Aunt Gibby!
Max Massaro
Groomsman
Max was a pot sweetener when Jon was deciding whether to ride it out with Gabrielle. I mean, her whole family is pretty awesome, but this guy listens to the same music as him, golfs, and likes outdoor adventures? Done deal. Sometimes Max and Jon let Gabrielle tag along on their National Park adventures. The three of them make the best travel buddies.
Vivi Shah
Bridesmaid
Best of friends since they were 11 years old Vivi and Gabrielle have shared countless memories together! With their birthdays being a day apart they have shared a special connection since middle school. Over the years the two have shared so much like drives in Vivi's car with the windows down singing (screaming) their favorite songs, spending Christmas afternoons (now evening at the pub) together and cherishing anytime they get to be in the same state.
Andrea Gunning
Bridesmaid
As anyone who knows Gabrielle her family is the everything to her. She is extremely close with her cousins and Andrea is no exemption. Andrea a proud member of the blue team and a back to back reigning cousins weekend champion. Andrea is the best role model, friend and older sister Gabrielle could ever ask for!
Justin Loeb
Groomsman
Justin and Jon have been friends since the 6th grade when Jon was the new kid in school. When high school rolled around, they each went to a different school but remained best friends to this day. These guys did most of their growing up together: took Brazilian Jui Jitsu classes together, had some of their first beers together, telling their parents they were sleeping at each other's houses and going to some party and sleeping in Justin's car (sorry mom and Glynn!), but more importantly, being there for each other through thick and thin. Talk about a "Day 1".
Francesca Gunning
Bridesmaid
You aren't seeing double! Francesca is the twin of Andrea. Like her sister she has made a large impact on Gabrielle's life and has always been there to support, love and drink bud lights with. Francesca is an amazing mother to the worlds coolest kid Emmie! Francesca has always had Gabrielle's back and now she will be by her side on the big day!
Tyler Nilson
Groomsman
Tyler and Jon met as Mountaineers at the greatest place on Earth. Roommates in college, these guys hit it off over their love of music, golf, and good beer. Nowadays, you can catch these guys getting into adventures all over Philly, plotting their next visit to Morgantown, WV (we'll make that RV happen one of these years), at a Phish show in torrential downpour totally sober, or kickin' it down the shore. You thought Oliver was cool? Yea, okay.
Max Augliere
Groomsman
Max and Jon have been boys since high school. It's been a pretty wild ride for this friendship. Max and Jon were pretty hardcore rivals the first two years of high school. In their junior year, however, they joined forces and took over the school as the coolest kids in town. Max joined Jon's band and brought an amazing level of musicianship to the songwriting. Don't ask us about the band practice incident though. Jon learned tons from Max, the nature boy extraordinaire. They did a ton of growing up together and he is now Jon's spiritual rock. When it comes to spiritual warrior strength, Jon will always turn to Max first.
Bryan Van Balen
Groomsman
Bryan and Jon, partners in crime in high school. These kids were nothing but troublemakers back in the day. You could find them riding around blaring Lil Wayne's The Carter 3 with Bryan's Expedition that he installed subwoofers in. Fun times. Bryan is Jon's fun friend. they'd go on adventures and get in trouble and it was awesome. Bryan is also Jon's gamer friend and when everyone else stopped gaming because they were too cool, Bgames and Jnasty kept pwning noobs to this day.