Wedding Party
Nicholas Zarra
Best Man
Matthew and Aubrie met Nick at the Penn Newman Center and have known him over a decade. He lived in New York City at the same time that they did and they all used to hang out in his very small East Village apartment. Matthew and Nick have had many fun adventures together such as visiting Mexico City, and going to Fort Lauderdale to observe Nick's horrible hockey team play Matthew's Bruins in the playoffs. Currently, Nick lives in Washington DC and is responsible for the economy.
Elizabeth Feeney
Maid of Honor
Aubrie and Matthew met Elizabeth at the Penn Newman Center during their respective freshman years. Thirteen years later, Elizabeth remains one of the closest friends of both the bride and groom. Aubrie and Elizabeth bond over their mutual love of (dependence on?) coffee and can often be found swapping work stories and discussing ethics in medicine. Although she is an ER nurse at heart, Elizabeth currently works as an ICU nurse in the adult world. Her twin Kimberly is also in the bridal party.
David Sambade
Groomsman
Pictured here in his natural habitat of fixing an X-ray diffractometer, Dave is Matthew's friend from graduate school. They enjoy bonding over birds, the misery that comes from expecting professional athletes to be good at sports, and going on wacky adventures.
Kimberly Feeney
Bridesmaid
Like her twin sister, Kimberly met Aubrie and Matthew at the Penn Newman Center during their respective freshman years and continues to be one of their closest friends. Kimberly is a surgical resident at a local hospital but has spent the past year researching organ transplantation in New York City. Kimberly spends a lot of her time babysitting organs but can be heard on phone calls with Aubrie, Matthew, and Elizabeth when she should be writing her research papers.
William Hammond
Groomsman
William is Matthew's younger brother. This picture is from when he travelled to Texas with Matthew and their Dad to support his favorite NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys. Incredibly, it is not the only time Matthew and William have visited the Dallas-Fort Worth area together.
Carissa Manley
Bridesmaid
Carissa and Aubrie have been friends since attending preschool together at Saint Mary of the Assumption. From church youth group and high school dances, to traveling the world as young adults, Carissa and Aubrie have grown up together and remained loyal friends throughout all stages of life (even the emo stage during their early teenage years). Carissa is a high school science teacher and has never repeated an outfit at work in six years of teaching.
Paul Kletzel
Groomsman
Paul is Aubrie's younger brother. Though they once fought like cats and dogs, Aubrie and Paul are now close friends. Their preferred form of bonding is attending professional sporting events together at Aubrie's expense. Out of the top five moments in Aubrie's life, attending Phillies' playoff wins at Citizen's Bank Park with Paul make up at least three of them.
Megan Matuszewski
Bridesmaid
It seemed as though God brought Aubrie and Megan together by design when they were chosen to co-lead a small group on a retreat at the Penn Newman Center in 2015. While preparing for the retreat, Aubrie and Megan realized that they could spend hours together without ever running out of things to talk about, which still holds true ten years later. Megan is a remote transplant coordinator and is a traveling queen with her work-from-home lifestyle. Since their senior year of college, Aubrie, Megan, and Chloe have taken annual girls' trips to new cities in the U.S.
Michael Hathaway
Groomsman
Michael Hathaway is Matthew's brother-in-law. He is pictured here marrying Matthew's sister Kelsey. Michael works at Columbia University helping the athletic department find money. He is also good source of sporting news that Matthew would not otherwise hear about.
Chloe Michaelis
Bridesmaid
Aubrie's first memories of Chloe are chatting on the MFL on the way to their Labor and Delivery clinical rotation, but they really became close the summer Chloe stayed with her uncle in Philadelphia, who happened to live around the corner from Aubrie's house. Since then, Chloe has become one of Aubrie's most trusted sources of advice and reassurance. Chloe is a nurse practitioner in Connecticut, and her two daughters have recently been initiated into the girls' trip gang with a beach weekend in Rhode Island that Aubrie and Megan got to crash.
Kelsey Hathaway
Bridesmaid
Kelsey is Matthew's sister. In this picture she is at her favorite Philadelphia restaurant: Suraya. Matthew and Kelsey have gone to Suraya together a lot of times. Kelsey has a Ph.D. in English education and works in New York helping teachers and studying plagiarism machines.