Stephanie & Aaron
Wedding Party
Stephanie Strong
Bride
Stephanie is the female lead of the story. She is midwestern-born (Detroit, MI) but southern grown (Raleigh, NC) and graduated from East Carolina University in 2017 with a BS in Biology and a BA in Chemistry with a minor in Neuroscience. She is in her last year of medical school at MCW and loves rock climbing, baking, and dancing. She also enjoys cuddles with her cat, Teddy!
Aaron Berg
Groom
Aaron is the male lead in this story. He is from Minneapolis, MN and graduated from UW-Stout in 2017 with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He is a manufacturing engineer by day and Stephanie's favorite cook and dance partner by night. He loves motorcycles, lifting, running, hiking, and going on long road trips! Although Aaron is a dog person, Stephanie's cat Teddy is growing on him.
Amelia Bivens
Matron of Honor
Amelia is a critical care nurse practitioner who is also getting married this year upgrading her to "matron" status! She loves taking her dog, Poppy, for hikes and her fiancé, Kyle, for adventurous trips out west. Stephanie and Amelia met in Nashville, TN the year before Stephanie made the move to Milwaukee for medical school. They instantly clicked at church and quickly became close. Together, they shared their love for swing dancing, trivia nights, Bible studies, and girls' nights. They have stayed close over the past 4 years and Stephanie is a bridesmaid in Amelia's wedding this September, 2021!
Hannah Hund
Maid of Honor
Hannah and Stephanie met during their summer internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in college. They became inseparable even as the summer fun ended and they had to return to their home states. For the past 5 years, they have been together through the highs and lows, gap years, innovation competitions, medical school applications, and now are sharing in the joys of medical school! Even though they have spent most of their friendship in separate states, they never fail to support each other with frequent phone calls, memes, and surprise gifts! Hannah is currently attending Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and is thriving in her second year.
Bailey Craddock
Bridesmaid
Bailey and Stephanie have been friends since they were 15-year-old kids in high school! They have shared many memories and kept in touch although their lives have taken them to different colleges, careers, and states. No matter the life stage, Bailey and Stephanie make sure to keep in touch and love to spend hours on the phone talking about literally everything. Bailey is a Goodnight Scholars Program Coordinator at NC State and is now engaged to her fiancé, Chris. She and her adopted dog Libby enjoy long hikes and snuggles in their trendy and cute townhome in Rolesville, NC.
Sarah Park
Bridesmaid
Sarah just graduated medical school and is now a talented general surgery resident at Froedtert, the hospital associated with MCW. Sarah and Stephanie met while rock climbing at the local climbing gym with medical school friends and grew close as they attended church and a Bible study together. They try to climb together every now and then despite their busy schedules. They also love spending time together with coffee and food dates as well as pool days!
Nicole Rademacher
Bridesmaid
Nicole and Stephanie became friends through Student Assembly, MCW's student government, during their first year of medical school. Nicole is also a 4th year medical student at MCW who loves her kitty Twix and new puppy Clover. Of course, she also loves Kyle, her husband as of this past June! Nicole and Stephanie have shared many memories of stress-relieving walks while studying for medical boards and wine nights!
Eric Huebschman
Best Man
Eric and Aaron met in their freshmen year of college at UW-Stout and have the closest of friends ever since. Aaron and Eric have been joined at the hip through many adventures and misadventures, including Aaron embarrassingly third wheeling in roughly 30% of Eric and Bekah's (Eric's Wife) engagement pictures. Both Eric and Bekah moved to Vietnam in 2020 and are making the trip back to celebrate with us!
Cody Dallmann
Second Best Man
Cody and Aaron met in college through mutual friends and quickly became close friends. Famous for their mutual love for picking up weights and putting them back where they found them, going on adventures hiking up 14'ers in Colorado, and constantly fixing their continually broken college cars (they've since upgraded to fixing their constantly broken motorcycles), Aaron and Cody have been inseparable through it all.
Tristan Gustafson
Groomsman
Tristan and Aaron met when Tristan transferred to UW-Stout Aaron's Junior year and lived in the same sketchy, run-down college house. Tristan and Aaron share the same sense of humor are usually found laughing to a joke only they would find funny.
Ryan Zenanko
Groomsman
Ryan and Aaron met in high school and bonded over their mutual love of bicycles and video games. Famous for their bromance and their yearly tradition of high-fiving while jumping over a pool, age may have dulled their ability to jump over a pool, but it has not matured them or dampened their friendship.
Daniel Hoopes
Groomsman
Hoopes and Aaron met each-other at college, in the world's scariest college house. Was the house scary because it was bad, or because Hoopes' personable and outgoing personality is scary? You be the judge.