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How we met


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How we met


 
 

It all comes back to the BBQ...

We met over a grill on the fateful day of September 24th, 2011. That night, Christine accompanied her friend (and now bridesmaid) Maura Duignan to a dinner party hosted at Johnny’s apartment on the Upper East Side.  Johnny’s role at this party  (and at most) was manning the grill, and this is where he and Christine met for the first time (his all star pickup line was if the burgers were cooked enough).  They spent the rest of the night chatting and dancing and exchanged numbers. Christine initiated their next hang out (where she invited the best support team- many members of her family, including her brothers), and the rest, as they say, is history. 

 

 
 
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He Proposed


He Proposed


December 20th, 2014

Christine was returning to her and Johnny’s apartment after her annual Mother Daughter Christmas brunch with her Bronxville friends. Johnny was anxiously waiting in the apartment, and as soon as Christine walked in he quickly got down on one knee and popped the question (barely getting the question out through his tears.)  After sharing a champagne toast, the newly engaged couple went to neighborhood favorite restaurant, Brucie.  Waiting there was the rest of the Roe and McKenna families to share in a celebratory engagement dinner.  Other friends and family met them afterwards to celebrate well into the wee hours of the night.

Bridal party


Bridal party


The Groomsmen

Chris Roe – Best Man, brother of the groom

  • When he met the groom – 1987 – when he came home from the hospital
  • Alma Mater – Boston College
  •  Currently Resides – Miami, FL
  • AKA: C-Roe

Connor McKenna –  Brother of the bride

  • Known the groom since – 2011 (met on Christine and Johnny’s second date)
  • Alma Mater – Colby College
  • Currently Resides – Brooklyn, NY
  • AKA: ConCon

James McKenna –  Brother of the bride

  • Known the groom since – 2011 (met Johnny at he and his wife Lilly’s engagement party)
  • Alma Mater – Princeton University
  • Currently Resides – San Francisco, CA
  • AKA: Jimbo

Matt McKenna – Brother of the bride

  • Known the groom since – 2011 (met on Christine and Johnny’s second date)
  • Alma Mater – Georgetown University
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Matty 

Daniel McNatt –  Cousin of the groom

  • Known the groom since - 1985 
  • Alma Mater – University of North Carolina
  • Currently Resides – Alameda, CA

Keith Detwiller – Childhood friend of the groom

  • Known the groom since – 1991 – Ms Mannings 1st grade class at Hewitt Elementary School
  • Alma Mater – Manhattan College
  • Currently Resides – Honolulu, HI

Kevin Hanley – Childhood friend of the groom

  • When he met the groom – 1990 At practice for their kindergarten soccer team, the green frogs
  • Alma Mater – Villanova University
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY:
  • AKA: Hanley

Joseph Walsh – High school classmate and college roommate

  • Known the groom since – 1999 – freshman year at Chaminade High school
  • Alma Mater – Boston College
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Joe

James Watson –  High school and college classmate

  • Known the groom since – 1999 – freshman year Chaminade high school
  • Alma Mater – Boston College
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Jimmy 

 

The Bridesmaids 

Elizabeth Deitch  -Maid of Honor and childhood friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since: 3 year old pre-school at Reform Church
  • Alma Mater – Princeton University
  • Currently Resides – Brooklyn, NY
  • AKA: Bergsy

Elizabeth Roe –  Sister of the groom

  • Known the bride since: December 24, 2011 (Christmas eve family introduction - high-stakes)
  • Alma Mater – Boston College
  • Currently Resides – Chicago, IL
  • AKA: E-Roe

Lilly McKenna - Sister-in-law of the bride

  • Known the bride since: February 2009 trip to the Guggengheim to meet brother's new girlfriend
  • Alma Mater – Middlebury College
  • Currently Resides – San Francisco, CA
  • AKA: Lillster

Anne McKenna - Cousin of the bride

  • Known the bride since: Forever 
  • Alma Mater – Harvard University
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: T-Bone

Marie McKenna – Cousin of the bride

  • Known the bride since: Forever 
  • Alma Mater – Princeton University
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Rebs

Michelle Carroll – Cousin of the bride

  • Known the bride since - Forever 
  • Alma Mater – Williams College
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Shocker

Kate Brasco – Childhood friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since - 1990: Ms. Mullen's kindergarten classroom
  • Alma Mater – Duke University
  • Currently Resides – London, England
  • AKA: Kitty

Emily Brasco - Childhood friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since early 1990s when crashing playdates with her sister 
  • Alma Mater – Duke University
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Em

Alison Colquhoun – Childhood friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since 4th grade 
  • Alma Mater – University of Richmond
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Duner

Maura Duignan – High-school soccer friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since: 2002 soccer tryouts for travel team 
  • Alma Mater – York College
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Matchmaker

Katelyn Kiernan - Childhood (and very first!) friend of the bride

  • Known the bride since: Being neighbors in Bronxville as babies
  • Alma Mater – Amherst College
  • Currently Resides – New York, NY
  • AKA: Dr. Booey 

Darla Shay - College roommate of the bride

  • Known the bride since: 2004 when the bride was wondering the halls of Duke's freshman campus searching for a friend 
  • Alma Mater – Duke University
  • Currently Resides – Pittsburgh, PA
  • AKA: Dolly 

Kate Cox - Future Sister in Law of the bride

  • Known the bride since: 2005, when the bride aggressively visited Princeton 
  • Alma Mater - Princeton University 
  • Currently Resides - Brooklyn, NY 
  • AKA - Cox