Wedding Party
Emily Petersen
Maid of Honor
Colleen and Emily met when they were 14 in freshmen band class. A group of boys tried to convince Emily and Colleen that each of them hated the other to amuse themselves, but once the girls realized the boys were liars, they became inseparable. Over the years Emily was absorbed into the Stanczykiewicz family, sleeping over nearly every weekend, attending holidays, and being present for all of Colleen's major life events including college graduation and the births of Lachlan and Lorelai. It would be impossible to imagine this major event without her.
Maggie Stanczykiewicz
Bridesmaid
Colleen's immediate younger sister, they grew up playing most of the same sports (namely soccer, basketball, and softball) and having a lot of first experiences together. They also were designated a "blue girl" and a "pink girl" by their Busia and Grandma Pat on their Polish side and continued to receive the exact same gifts in those colors for years. Colleen and Maggie share a deep love of music, cooking, plants, and games. Sometimes so close they're each other's best enemies, but ALWAYS each other's biggest supporters, Colleen couldn't ask for a better sister and couldn't be doing this whole thing without her.
Katie Stanczykiewicz
Bridesmaid
Colleen's youngest sister,
Meghan Ennis
Bridesmaid
Colleen and Meghan met when Meghan transferred down to the Mount Pleasant, SC Trader Joe's from NYC. In a similar fashion to when Colleen met Emily, Colleen was convinced Meghan didn't like her at first due to her professional level RBF. After clearing up that misunderstanding, they bonded deeply over shared loves of live music, dancing, craft beer, and travel, amongst many other things. While moving halfway across the country from each other has been difficult, they have worked hard to maintain their close friendship, including making a recent trip to Austin, TX together! Colleen was a bridesmaid in Meghan's wedding and wouldn't dare think of getting married without having Meghan next to her for her own!
Molly Pagryzinski
Bridesmaid
Colleen and Molly met when their parents started dating back in 2003. Though still not legally tied to each other, they consider each other sisters. Sharing loves of good food, breweries, and thrifting, they travel back and forth between Grayslake and Milwaukee to explore with each other.
Sophia Bigg
Bridesmaid
Happily introduced into the Stanczykiewicz and Bigg families in 2003, Sophie is another little sister Colleen never had. Growing up Colleen went to the city often to hang out with her Aunt Karen and Uncle Dan, and babysit Sophie. As Sophie started school, Colleen helped with her homeschool lessons. Now that they are both adults, they continue to grow their relationship and enjoy every time they get to be in the same part of the country.
Chris Keith
Groomsman
Topher is the brother of the groom. Kelcie and Topher are only 2.5 years apart in age and grew up pretty close. As with most siblings, they had their quarrels, but became particularly close when Kelcie was beginning high school. From jamming out in their bonus room, Chris on the bass and Kelcie on the drums, to sitting together at the lunch table, the bond grew stronger by the year. They did pretty much everything together and even lived as roommates at college in Charleston, SC.
Rich Cantrell
Groomsman
Big Rich and Kelcie met through Chris as they both played bass in high school orchestra and jazz band. Rich lived pretty close in the next neighborhood over and was constantly at the Keith house. Momma Sue considered him her third child and would always assume he was coming over for dinner and would always buy extra lunch meat for all of the boys to make colossal sandwiches after school. Kelcie also lived and mooched off of Rich(and Megan) a few different times when living in Charleston. But, Rich really loved the perks of free golf and Kelcie's bangin' meals.
Ben Steifle
Groomsman
Kelcie met Benny Boo in high school through Rich and Topher. After undergrade, Ben decided to count pills for the rest of his life and moved to Charleston and lived with Rich and Topher. Once Kelcie graduated high school and decided to move to Charleston, Ben, Rich, Topher and Kelcie all rented a house on James Island. Kelcie and Ben lived together for a few years in Charleton until Ben moved back to the upstate to start his family. Ben was also in a band with Kelcie. Not only can he tickle the keys of a saxophone, he is one heck of a golfer....on Tiger Woods golf.
Brooks Bostick
Groomsman
Brooksie and Kelcie met through cycling participating in group rides around Charleston. They didn't talk much during the ride per say, as Brooks was usually always at the front and Kelcie gasping for air at the back. Brooks and Kelcie quickly became best friends and would travel to races together and do 4 hour long training rides together eating nothing but Cliff bars and gel packs. Kelcie also drove to Colorado with Brooks when he moved out there which was said to be the best, and longest, road trip of all time. Kelcie loves going to visit Brooksie in CO and when they see each other their friendship doesn't skip a beat.
Mike Godfrey
Groomsman
Kelcie and Colleen met Mike when he gave Kelcie his first tattoo.(Colleen got one as well) Funny enough, spending 6+ hours with someone while two people get tattoos is all you need to become friends. Mike has always been there and is always down for an adventure and is an amazing artist.
Melissa Toms
Groomswoman
Kelcie met Mel back in 2011ish when Kelcie's roommate at the time slide into her DMs. Mel started hanging out with Kelcie's friend group at the time and the rest is history. From burger night at Moe's, to paddle boarding, to bike rides in downtown Charleston to grab a "Roni", Mel, Kelcie, and Colleen quickly became besties.
Zach Williams
Officiant
Kelcie and Zach have known each other since diapers. Their families met at the same church in Spartanburg, SC. Growing up, they did everything from riding 4 wheelers and shooting BB guns, to building potato launchers, and playing basketball in the church league. Zach and Kelcie were always together throughout their childhood and high school.