Katrina & Robert
Wedding Party
Katrina Marie
Bride
I hope that all of our amazing guests will eat, drink, and be merry at this beautiful occasion I've been dreaming of planning since falling in love with Robbie. Please feel free to reach out to her if there are any personal questions or concerns about anything -- dress code (yes there's a dress code for our event), where to stay, fun things to do, etc. I want this to be the Best. Wedding. EVER. Actually... scratch that, it WILL be the BEST. WEDDING. EVER!
Robert Matthew
Groom
Thank you for everyone who has supported Katrina and Myself. Thank you to everyone who is going to being coming into town to celebrate with us. We love and appreciate everyone. We are hoping to have the best wedding ever! We only ask that during our ceremony that no one has their phones out and their phones are turned off. We are paying professional photographers to take pictures that we will share with all of you. After the ceremony, we want everyone to come out on the dance floor and have an amazing night. If you have any questions, please call/text Katrina or myself. We love all of you!
Victoria Westermann
Maid of Honor
Victoria is Katrina’s younger sister. They have the most amazing relationship when it comes to siblings, being each other’s best friends since 1996. Victoria currently is living in Austin with her dog, Chicken Nugget, studying and researching Behavioral Science at the University of Texas at Austin for graduate school. She's already been an awesome MOH thus far and will continue to rock it until the wedding.
Vincent “Vinnie” Lopes
Best Man
Vinnie is Robbie’s older brother. He is also one of the reasons that Robbie even got into hockey. Vinnie and Robbie used to have a competition of who could score more goals when they played and Vinnie will never let Robbie forget that he scored more goals against North Crowley than Robbie did (even though the team was so bad they disbanded before Robbie ever got the chance to play them by the time he was old enough). Vinnie currently lives in Nashville with his amazing wife Ali, and his baby girl Ady.
Sarah Ross
Matron of Honor
Sarah and Katrina go back to high school, where Sarah took Katrina under her wing as well as locked her in the theatre trophy case (there is photo evidence on Facebook somewhere if you don't believe). They eventually pledged the same sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, at different universities only a year apart from each other, which just brought them closer. If Sarah can love someone through their scene years, then she can accomplish anything, including being Katrina's Matron of Honor. Sarah is also the mother of Katrina’s beautiful Goddaughter and flower girl, Quinn Catherine Ross.
Louis Judge
Best Man
Louis and Robbie met when they were playing for the University of North Texas Hockey Team. Louis was the goalie and one of Robbie’s roommates during their time and UNT. When Robbie wasn’t defending Louis in front of his net during games, Robbie was trying to find his Xbox controller in their apartment because Louis would hide it when he knew Robbie had a major paper to write for one of his classes. With Louis’s help, Robbie made an 89.7 in that class. The professor didn’t round up and hurt Robbie’s GPA but whatever, Robbie’s not bitter about it. Louis now lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his awesome wife Jordyn.
Stephanie Bartholomew
Bridesmaid
Stephanie is Robbie’s older sister and one of Katrina’s wonderful bridesmaids. She has been so sweet to Katrina ever since Robbie brought her home to meet his family for the first time back in 2012. She, as well as her husband and groomsmen, Anthony, and two children: William Vincent and Katherine Elizabeth will be vital sources to having as perfect of a wedding as they had.
Anthony Bartholomew
Groomsman
Anthony is Robbie’s brother-in-law and has helped Robbie tremendously with his professional life, whether he was helping edit a resume or going over interview questions. Anthony is a great musician who sings in an award winning barber shop group and also judges voice and music competitions. When he is not doing those things then you can usually find Anthony getting his butt kicked in card games against Robbie. Anthony currently lives in McKinney with his wife Stephanie (Robbie’s sister) and their 2 year old son Liam, and baby Kate.
Stephanie Quinlan
Bridesmaid
Katrina took Stephanie under her wing while in their sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, later on becoming her “Big Sister”. The two ended up rooming together in the sorority house and became closer throughout Katrina's Senior year and Steph's Sophomore year. From frat parties and other Greek events, to standards-breaking wine nights in their sorority house room, to getting tacos late at night, Steph kept Katrina young throughout her last bit of undergraduate. Stephanie is the type to always have your back, and Katrina will forever be grateful to have Steph in her life.
John “Stony” Stone
Groomsman
Stony and Robbie met at a hockey tournament and became even better friends when they were D-partners when they played for the University of North Texas Hockey Team. They both bonded very quickly with their love for hockey and for music. Stony is currently working on finishing his degree in sports management at the University of North Texas. Stoney is also the drummer in a band that both Robbie and him are in and they both realize that they need to get things rolling again soon because their last band practice was in 2015.
Caitlin Rogers
Bridesmaid
Caitlin and Katrina have known each other since the 5th grade, and have been friends for many years, even rooming together freshman year of college in good old Kerr Hall at the University of North Texas. Their shared love of music and the theatre has made the relationship extra special and a lovely constant in each other's wild lives. Caitlin has always been down to go to show with Katrina to rock all night.
Brett McCoy
Groomsman
Brett and Robbie met while playing hockey at the University of North Texas. For a good majority of college you could find Robbie and other members of the hockey team over at Brett’s house playing video games, street hockey, or just hanging out. Brett does not find it funny when he goes on a date with a girl and while he’s out, other members of the team move every piece of furniture into his kitchen and then move his whole kitchen into the living room.
Emily Downs
Bridesmaid
Emily and Katrina met when Emily first joined their sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, in 2014. Katrina was serving as Membership Education Vice President at the time, which gave her the opportunity to hang out with the 2014 pledge class frequently, and make some amazing friends from that class like Emily! They quickly bonded over their love for old emo music, and began having wine nights and brunch days together. She along with her husband, Richard, and their darling son, Richard "The Nugget" IV, will be an absolute delight to have at the wedding.
Tyler Streiff
Groomsman
Tyler and Robbie have been friends since their freshman year of high school. Throughout high school you could find Robbie at Tyler’s house playing video games, watching movies, or eating all their junk food. Tyler and Robbie also played hockey together at Allen High School and won the State Championship their senior year. Tyler currently lives in San Antonio with his amazing wife Melissa and their darling son, Ryder.
Jordan Fournier
Bridesmaid
Jordan and Katrina met through Alpha Delta Pi when she had come to a spring recruitment event. A sister came to Katrina saying that one of the potentials was dating a guy on the hockey team and she immediately needed to meet this girl. To no surprise to Katrina, Jordan was an awesome and she vowed to fight anyone to make sure Jordan got a bid that night to join ADPi. Through both sisterhood activities and UNT hockey games, the two of them grew close. Jordan and her now husband, Christopher, along with their little one, Callie, will bring so much joy to the wedding day.
Frank Penalver
Groomsman
Robbie and Frank met during Robbie's senior year of high school. They bonded over their love for music. Frank played guitar for a few bands during high school and was teaching Robbie how to play guitar as well. They have written a few songs together, and by that I mean Frank has written a few songs that Robbie plays a little differently because he's not good enough to play the original written version and calls that song writing. According to Frank it doesn't count as writing a song if Robbie takes something that Frank wrote, and just plays it backwards. Frank now lives in Princeton and runs all of the social media accounts for Collin College.
Quinn Catherine Ross
Flower Girl
Quinn (aged 2 by wedding day) is Katrina’s gorgeous goddaughter. Child to Sarah and Taylor Ross. She is sassy and bright, and loves Moana at the time of writing this bio for her.
Patrick “Patty” Truitt
Officiant
Patty and Robbie met while playing hockey for the University of North Texas. It was easy to connect with Patty because he is one of those people that can talk anybody about anything. Robbie is hoping to start a Go Fund Me page to get Patty some new hockey gloves because his gloves are so small it looks like he took them from an 11 year old that left his gloves in the locker room. Patty currently lives in Midland, TX and works on a farm when he isn’t teaching the 8th grade.
William Vincent Bartholomew
Ring Bearer
William or Liam for short (aged 3 by wedding day), is Robbie’s first nephew. Child to Stephanie and Anthony Bartholomew. Liam loves his dog, Cooper, and playing basketball with his Uncle Robbie.
Smeagol Westermann-Lopes
Honor Attendant
Sméagol is Katrina and Robbie’s beloved sphynx cat. He may or may not be attending his parents’ wedding by managing the bridal suite all night.