Emily & Patrick
Wedding Party
Luci
Maid of Honor
We grew up in the same town of Gorham, Maine and after college, I followed her down to Boston where we lived with Sam for 4 amazing years! Since then we have traveled all over the world together (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Dominican Republic, etc...) and I couldn't imagine my life without her. Luci recently graduated with her master's in translation and moved back to Germany!
Sean
Best Man
Sean has been like a brother to me since the day I was born. We've grown closer together every year thanks in part to our love for hockey. We both play on teams in our respective cities, and will talk during almost every Capitals game. I can't wait for him to get back out to Colorado and I'm very excited to have him be my best man.
Kiersten
Bridesmaid
Kier and I roomed together for all four years of college, where she was studying to become an amazing nurse and I was barely studying to become a communications major. In years since we lived it up in Boston, traveled around Spain & the Dominican Republic, and have visited each other as much as possible now that we're long distance! I was recently the MOH in her wedding to her husband TJ this past September.
Miguel
Groomsman
Miguel was one of the first people I met when visiting the Ohio State University. His mom liked me due to my asking of good questions during orientation, so he asked if I wanted to be his roommate. Since that day, we have done road trips from Ohio to Florida, travelled Brazil for the World Cup, and gotten together to "relive the glory days" whenever we could.
Chantal
Bridesmaid
Also from Gorham, Chan is one of my oldest and dearest friends. We have been by each other's sides through all of life's ups & downs! Since college, Chan became an amazing teacher, married her husband Chris (I was the MOH at their wedding!), and has had three beautiful little babies!
Eric
Groomsman
Eric, my other brother, has been my best friend since elementary school. From middle school to high school, there was rarely more than a day or two stretch in which we weren't hanging out together. He was a regular at all family gatherings and, really, most nights for dinner. Though our rap careers never took off as we expected, we found much more success in our ska band, Siafu, and much more success after the band broke up.
Samantha
Bridesmaid
Sam and I met through Luci and first lived together in Boston right after college. Since then we reunited in Denver, CO (although she recently left me to move back home to PA!), traveled the world, and have become each other's biggest supporters. Sam works in the PR field, but dedicates most of her time to her passions of writing, working out, and snuggling her two sweet cats. We recently attended her wedding to Jerome this past October, who is also one of our best friends!
Chris
Groomsman
Chris and I were on the same floor during our freshman year at OSU and became fast friends (especially through credited Salsa classes). He would visit me frequently when I was living in San Diego where his fake California accent would annoy everybody but me, we went to Brazil for the World Cup (this will be mentioned again), and we traditionally go on ski trips together. Though my persistent efforts of convincing him to move to Colorado have not paid off, I can't wait for another visit for the wedding.
Sarah
Bridesmaid
From both being born in NC, moving to Maine, attending the same college, and traveling the world together (Italy, Iceland, Ireland, France, Austria, Denmark, Hungry, Germany, etc...) Sarah has always been by my side! My sister has been busy the past few years marrying her husband Mihai (their wedding was in Romania where he's from!), moving to Seattle, getting her DNP in nursing, and raising two adorable little babies!
Brennan
Groomsman
Brennan and I first met in Ohio, but became great friends when we were both living in Texas... an easy 6 hours away from each other. The friendship grew even stronger with our road trip to Houston for a DC United playoff game, when we travelled to Brazil together (told ya...), through our super shredder ski trips, and our enthusiasm for the mullet.
Steph
Bridesmaid
Steph is my amazing soon-to-be sister in law! Raised in Europe, travels the world, speaks multiple languages, AND she does top secret government work... she is simply the coolest person I know and I'm so lucky to call her family. We became fast friends over our shared hatred for the South Park Christmas Soundtrack, our obsession with reading (we're in a book club together!), and our love for the Hawbecker boys.
Mike(y)
Groomsman
Micheal and I, both being obnoxious and from Maryland, became fast friends at OSU where we lived on the same floor freshman year and were housemates for every year after that. Besides Emily, Mikey is probably the person I have spent the most time in the car with. From trips to Florida, New Hampshire, UTVs in Utah, and to pick up friends from jail, we've been through a lot together. Though I have no idea where he lives right now, I'm excited he's agreed to come back to CO in April.
Austin
Groomsman
Austin and I met in North Carolina and also bonded over being from Maryland. Shortly after becoming friends, Austin moved to Germany where our friendship moved online (COVID practice). A couple of years later, when I was in Colorado, Austin got a job at the same company as me and moved in down the road. He and I learned to climb together, went on camping and ski adventures, and had a brief stint as roommates when his firetruck was unexpectedly in the shop for several weeks. During this time, he also became a great friend to Emily and was part of a battle for who's side of the wedding he'd be on. I won. He's now living in Germany, but I'm excited for his return to CO.