Amanda & Gregory in Warren, MI

When Amanda Lamerato married Gregory Kelly at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, it was not the first time she had stood at the altar in a fancy white dress and a veil. Almost exactly 19 years earlier Amanda had made her first communion at the church, which her family has attended for her entire life. The Bride Amanda Lamerato The Groom Gregory Kelly The Date May 31 Amanda and Gregory planned their wedding from Chicago, where they live and where they met one night when both were at the bar of a popular restaurant near Wrigley Field, each waiting for friends who were late for dinner. They struck up a conversation, exchanged email addresses and just seven months later, Greg surprised Amanda with a homemade, candlelight dinner culminating in a marriage proposal.

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