Emily & Noah
Wedding Party
Bobbi Jenkins
Matron of Honor
Bobbi (BJ) and Emily met while riding the school bus when they were in 5th and 4th grade, respectively. Their friendship blossomed as they spent countless hours honing their skills on Guitar Hero to play on expert, and taking walks to Walgreens all while wearing the same clothes for the last 3-4 days. Fun Fact: Her husband is a dentist, (his name is Joe and he's 6'4" so he's easy to spot) if you see him at the wedding ask any dental questions as needed.
Nick Smith
Best Man
Nick and Noah met within the first few weeks of college and bonded over their love of sports, disdain for actually going to class and Captain Morgan (which neither of them can stand to drink now...). After a late night on a porch while in their 2nd year at the University of Cincinnati, Noah was telling Nick he had no idea what he wanted to do in life. Shortly thereafter, Nick introduced Noah to Helix Electric and they still work there together in Oakland, CA. Fun Fact: Nick has a slight lazy eye which is evident only while eating large amounts of food and drinking (if his left eye is closed while on the dance floor, please alert the other groomsmen.)
Morgan Stack
Maid of Honor
Morgan and Emily's relationship began as most modern love stories do: on the internet. They were roommates along with Queen Valerie (Morgie's cat) all throughout college, and the two years after until Emily moved to California. In fact, they loved living together so much that Morgan moved to California to live with Emily and Noah after only a year of being apart. Fun Fact: She was on the University of Cincinnati women's rowing team. If a rowboat is present at any time during the wedding weekend, ask her for a row on the lake.
Gavin Berg
Best Man
He's Noah's brother, if you couldn't tell from the picture. Only here because their mom said he had to be. While growing up they definitely had their share of brotherly fights and a few bloody lips, but now they are able to be in the same room happily. Gavin always has a good, but questionable story to make Emily laugh when she needs it. Hence the reason he won't have a speech on the day of the wedding. He also gave Emily the ultimatum of wearing the tux whilst sporting a luscious mullet, or not wearing a tux and having an appropriate hair cut for the wedding day. Fun Fact: Wore a hat that said "Saturday's Are For Getting Shitty" while meeting Emily's grandma and extended family for the first time.
Bailey Blankenship
Bridesmaid
Bailey and Emily met while working together at lululemon in Cincinnati. When together they enjoy spending time drinking wine at Cooper's Hawk, drinking wine at Unwind and drinking wine at various wineries across California's wine country (evidence of this in picture above). Fun Fact: Bailey accepted and executed the mission to learn Emily's ring size while on a weekend visit to California.
Jake Klag
Groomsman
Noah and Jake's friendship started way back in Mrs. Schaffer's kindergarten class from the moment Noah tried to cut Jake's hair with safety scissors during arts and crafts. Over the years of playing baseball together, leading the student cheer sections and countless ping pong matches they still remain friends 20 years later. Fun Fact: Has a metal re-inforced elbow due to slipping in a parking lot during a snowball fight.
Brooke Johnson
Bridesmaid
Brooke and Emily met through Maid of Honor Morgan during a quick weekend trip to Denver and became fast friends. Their friendship was solidified during a life changing night at a Taylor Swift concert. They love facetiming and sharing too much information with each other constantly. Fun Fact: Brooke is nuts (in the best way). That's all you need to know.
Shane Kelly
Groomsman
After meeting while teaching adaptive skiing at Perfect North, Noah discovered that Shane is quite possibly the only person with more ADHD than him. Through their love of working good wood (they've built some neat woodworking pieces) and shredding down the mountain, they become dumb and dumber whenever they are together. Thankfully, for the sake of Erin (Shane's wife) and Emily's (Noah's soon-to-be wife) sanity, they live on different sides of the country. Fun Fact: He's a new dad, which if you see Erin please offer her any form of support because she's now raising two boys: a 1 year old and a 27 year old.
Maria Caudy
Bridesmaid
Maria and Emily met at the University of Cincinnati and bonded over their struggle through Chemistry class. Maria is from Bogata, Colombia and took Emily on the trip of a life time in 2015 to introduce Emily to her sweet family and the beautiful place where she is from. While the struggle was there with Chemistry, the chemistry of their friendship was never in question. Fun fact: Maria's childhood dog is named "Amy" and she never quite understood why Emily always thought that was a funny name for a dog until she met her now mother-in-law, Amy.
Richie "Dick" Markwell
Groomsman
Richie thought Noah hated him for the first 1.5 years of friendship. This was due to the tabs he was left with at Ladder 19 (where Noah bartended) while the rest of the crew left with only a small tab, if one at all. Only when Richie realized Yager (the only drink he DEMANDED after Noah repeatedly told him to order something else) was the only beverage the owners took inventory of did Richie realize that they were actually friends. Fun fact: Richie and Emily used to play kickball together during their time as little kids where they attended the same daycare growing up. Emily still faintly remembers the bowl cut Richie sported.
Kelsey Gauder
Bridesmaid
Big sister to Matron of Honor Bobbi, Kelsey and Emily met on the school bus back in the day as well. One of Bobbi and Emily's favorite childhood activities involved sitting for literal hours and watching Kelsey play just a single video game (Kingdom Hearts). Never actually playing along, just always watching. She's been a big sister to Emily and they've shared many hilarious memories over the years. Fun fact: Regardless of what time we left in the morning (Kels drove Bobbi and Emily to school for years), we would always arrive on time and get a bomb parking spot. Emily will never understand how she did it.
Jake "Yake" Jeffries
Groomsman
Yake and Noah met in college while enjoying fine spirits (Keystone and Natural Light) at the prestine and elegant establishments of Uncle Woody's (freshman bar where your feet stick to the floor), Mac's Pizza (only go there for the Za) and Murphy's (free hot dogs 365 days a year and $3 doubles). Still not actually sure if they are friends. Fun Fact: Is colorblind. Also when asked to be a groomsman, he requested to be paired with "the hottest bridemaid".
Monique "Mo" Serna
Officiant
Mo is the awesome wife to Noah's boss at Helix - shout out Eric! Having Mo as the officiant was the first detail Emily and Noah were certain about during the wedding planning process. Noah had developed a great relationship with the Serna family, and they quickly welcomed Emily in when she moved to CA. Although Eric originally asked Mo to hang out with Emily when she first moved out of pity, they did become actual friends. They now have become family and Noah and Emily couldn't imagine a life without them. Fun fact: Noah and Emily asked Mo to marry them over a dinner of fish tacos and margaritas. She was excited and immediately began brainstorming her outfit. Reading out of 50 Shades of Gray while wearing a Harry Potter robe and utility belt full of shots was initially thrown around.