Emma & Robert
Wedding Party
Grace Goebel
Maid of Honor
“It was friendship at first swipe! After one too many sangrias during our first “date,” we quickly became inseparable - bonding over our shared love of Crunch Wrap Supremes and viral TikToks. We’ve since shared countless chick-flick movie marathons, happy hours, and couples game nights (with many more to come!). Emma is a world-class baker, dark humor comedian, (unlicensed) therapist, and The Sims addict - but out of all her titles my favorite one is best friend.” - Grace's How I Met the Bride Story
Claire Archibald
Bridesmaid
"It was a warm summer evening. I was staring at my phone, Emma's Bumble BFF profile smiling back at me. I get the text, "Hey, I'm here." Here we go. I walk into Wicked Wolf, a bar located on Sinatra Drive in Hoboken, NJ. That night there was a good crowd because it was a Wednesday, trivia night. I see her sitting at a high-top table with a menu. She sees me and smiles. I sit down and we begin talking. About five minutes in we were asked if we wanted to participate in trivia night. We ended up getting 19/20 correct on the first round and received a free bucket of High Noon seltzers from an overly eager bartender. I knew then that we would be friends." - Claire's How I Met the Bride Story
Jill Beitter
Bridesmaid
"Emma and I first met in a communications course at Penn State since we were both advertising majors. After that class, we ended up co-leading a few advertising clubs together and really hit it off. We started replacing long nights in the library with long nights at the bar and the rest is history! Shoutout to Penn State for bringing me to Emma!" - Jill's How I Met the Bride Story
Melanie Weltner
Bridesmaid
"Emma and I met senior year of college in Dave Wozniak's class. We were tasked with a group project one day and Emma was hands down the smartest in the class, so I had to snatch her up quickly! We grouped up and got to talking. We immediately realized how much we had in common from our weird sense of humor to our deep love of The Sims. We've been best friends ever since." - Melanie's How I Met the Bride Story
Catherine White
Bridesmaid
"I'm from Westchester, New York just like Emma, but I didn’t meet Emma in the burbs, I met her online at her very first job after college. I trained her and everything — she was such a star. She left the company to pursue another position, and it wasn’t until then did I meet her in person after almost a year of knowing each other! Two years later, our friendship remained strong as we gallivanted around Hoboken and New York City making new memories outside of work. Now I’m honored to be a part of Emma’s bridal party and help her and Rob celebrate their special day!" - Catherine's How I Met the Bride Story
Billy McLaren
Best Man
"I am Rob’s twin brother. I have known Rob since the beginning. After sharing a womb with Rob for 9 months, I shared a room with Rob for many years. Later on in life, we shared a high school, and a job stocking shelves at a supermarket. Together we moved many “pieces” at that job. Nowadays, we share a county as we both live in Hudson County, New Jersey." - Billy's How I Met the Groom Story
Matthew Flack
Groomsman
"My boy Robbie Mac and I go all the way back to freshman football. We grew to be great friends through our time and classes at LaSalle, where we realized how much we have in common. Though we lived far from one another and went to college in different states, we remained close friends through our man dates on break and countless Instagram DMs. Rob is a salt-of-the-earth kind of guy that you can always count on and that I’m proud to call one of my best friends." - Flack's How I Met the Groom Story
Logan Henry
Groomsman
"When I first arrived at Penn State, I saw a guy dressed in a Coors Light t-shirt, khaki shorts, and some grass-stained New Balance sneakers. I remember wondering “Who’s dad is this?”. Well, I soon found out his name was Rob McLaren. He was also a summer session student, and eventually, he turned out to be one of my best friends.” - Logan's How I Met the Groom Story
Dan Martino
Groomsman
"Rob and I have known each other since freshman year of high school when we sat next to each other in math class. While we were friendly in high school, we did not know each other too well, but we became great friends in college when we lived on the same floor in the dorms our freshman year and remained close friends throughout college and all the years after." - Dan's How I Met the Groom Story
Xave Mazurek
Groomsman
"I met Rob in person for the first time at a senior dance we were both invited to, but by that point, he was already one of my closest friends. We got to know each other by playing online games through mutual friends. We’d play through the evening making potty jokes and talking about girls we didn’t talk to. Eventually, Rob would help me move my stuff into my summer session dorm at Penn State where I would have the pleasure of watching Rob and Emma’s relationship blossom." - Xave's How I Met the Groom Story
Matthew "Murr" Murray
Groomsman
"I met Rob at Penn State's summer session in 2015. Since then, he has been one of my best friends and someone you can always count on for advice. He also rivals Chad Kroeger with a mean solo of “How You Remind Me” and has been rumored to be a late addition to the band." - Murr's How I Met the Groom Story