Patrick & Samm
Wedding Party
Maddy (Osman) French
Maid of Honor
Technically, Maddy is Samm's matron of honor but Maddy thinks matron makes her sound old. Maddy is one of Samm's closest friends and Samm is so grateful that Maddy and her husband moved to Denver. Maddy and Samm’s significant others and dogs love every beer-related, game-related, food-related get-together that they put on their google calendars. Maddy is extremely strong, ambitious, and independent; Samm looks up to her in life and career aspirations. She is a loyal friend, a great confidant, and an amazing Catan player. Fun Fact: Maddy and Samm know each other because Samm dated Maddy's guy friend in Chicago. While that relationship did not work out, it did lead to a beautiful friendship.
Nick Whitcraft
Best Man
Nick and Patrick have been best friends since high school where they both played on the baseball team. Also, the photo was picked to show everyone Patrick without a beard. They were members of a dodgeball team, Ish Talkers, best dodgeball team since Average Joe's. Patrick and Nick got into all types of shenanigans in high school that are not wedding website appropriate. They spent their summers golfing, playing baseball and video games, making pizzas and eating out at Mongolian BBQ. On Nick's 18th birthday, Patrick and Nick got matching baseball-themed tattoos. Post-college, they lived together with Nick's wife, Lindsey (bless her for dealing with them). Fun Fact: Nick is exactly 11 months younger than Patrick. Patrick and Samm got engaged on Nick's 30th birthday.
Kelsey Gleich- Wacker
Bridesmaid
Kelsey and Samm met in the summer of 2009 at pre-season soccer camp in some random Chicago suburb. They became close when they were both injured and hung out during practices. Samm helped Kelsey study for her different Athletic Training tests with these index cards that had so much information. Samm could not pronounce a majority of the words (Kelsey knew all of it too!). Kelsey worked with Samm in the admissions office where they stuffed envelopes, jammed to Disney music and talked about the future. Kelsey is kind, smart (did you read about the notecards?), sarcastic and one hell of a soccer player (ask Pete, he'll tell you). Fun Fact: Kelsey will crush the dance floor, she is an awesome dancer! And her laugh is the absolute best!
Chris Dennis
Groomsman
Chris is Patrick's older brother. They were tons of fun to raise for their parents and Ed and Sharon are honestly lucky to have such great kids. Patrick and Chris share a love of baseball, beer, and golf. During Patrick's freshman year at Dakota Wesleyan, Chris was a senior on the baseball team. After Chris graduated, he stuck around to coach and live with Patrick in South Dakota. Fun nights were had at Moonlight, playing NCAA football and trying to stay warm during the winter. Post-college, they played baseball together in an adult league and they regularly play in golf tournaments. For two years, Patrick coached his nephew, Kayden's baseball team with Chris going to tournaments in Omaha, NE and Cooperstown, NY. Fun Fact: Neither Chris nor Patrick are Broncos fans. DA BEARS!
Katie (Gnadt) Hartman
Bridesmaid
A couple of days into the study abroad program, two new girls moved into Samm's senora's house. One of those girls was Katie which lead to an unbreakable bond. Katie and Samm traveled throughout Spain together including a very fun trip Malaga. During a beer crawl in Malaga, somehow Katie knew how to get them home to the hostel. Katie and Samm have remained friends after their semester abroad visiting each other in their hometowns, taking a girls' trip to Portland (picture of Katie and Samm on a segway tour in Portland) and getting matching tattoos. Katie is witty, passionate and the life of the party. Fun Fact: Katie loves to remind Samm how much better the Packers are than the Bears. She’s not wrong.
Keith Blattenbauer
Groomsman
Patrick and Keith met at Dakota Wesleyan when Keith was a coach of the baseball team. He lived with Chris and Patrick during college where they drank way too much beer and played way too many video games. Patrick and Keith played a lot of EA Sports NHL with Kazakhstan during their time together. They would hang out at the Kongo Club where they played pool, threw darts and drank $4 pitchers. Patrick and Keith somehow managed to be friends even though Keith is a University of Florida fan and Patrick is a Florida State University fan. Their favorite pastime is to give each other crap for the teams that they support. Fun Fact: At DWU, Keith was known as grandpa.
Lindsey Johnston
Bridesmaid
Lindsey and Samm have known each other since kindergarten. They ran Evergreen Elementary and Benjamin Middle and won almost everything in Carol Stream Youth Sports (Deb is telling Samm this isn't true, but revisionist history is the best kind). Once Lindsey and Samm put seeds from the tree out front in the microwave to see if it would make popcorn (it didn't). Deb only let Samm have sleepovers with Lindsey the night before a game because she knew she could put on a movie and Lindsey would fall asleep so Samm would go to bed at a good time. Lindsey is adventurous, gregarious, and sincere. Fun Fact: Lindsey was in Samm's class where Samm allegedly started a riot and infamously got suspended for a "misuse of leadership skills."
Matt Mammoser
Groomsman
Matt is the younger, smarter child in the Pete Mammoser family. While Matt and Samm spent most of their childhood at odds, they have grown a lot closer in adulthood. Patrick met Matt in June 2016 when Patrick flew into Chicago for 55 hours to help Samm drive herself and Dempsey back to Colorado. Matt and Patrick bonded over the importance of ice cream while attending baseball games. On a family trip to Arizona, Patrick and Matt golfed and hiked in Sedona. Both love to laugh at Samm when she's being ridiculous. Matt is even more sarcastic than Samm and loves nothing more than to give his sister a hard time. Fun Fact: Matt's favorite story to tell is one about Samm when she jumped after being startled by a black plastic bag on the street in San Francisco.
Lindsey LoDuca
Bridesmaid
Lindsey and Samm lived down the street from each other in Spain and somehow managed to have almost all of their classes together. During the semester, they went to Barcelona, Granada, and Lisbon together. Lindsey can always match Samm's snarkiness and the two regularly send each other The Office memes. Samm visited Lindsey in La Crosse and Milwaukee going to breweries, Brewers games, and random country concerts. Lindsey has visited Patrick and Samm in Colorado and Patrick likes to say, "Lindsey is one of the nicest people." Lindsey is hilarious, thoughtful and caring. Fun Fact: Lindsey is the first person who taught Samm what people in Wisconsin call people from Illinois, FIBs.
Dan French
Groomsman
Dan and Patrick became friends as their significant others enjoy spending time together (like a lot of time together). Dan is Maddy's husband and Lola's dad. Dan is very laid back, funny, and one of the best guys to drink beer with. Patrick and Dan love to discuss football, Rockies' baseball and hockey. Dan is a White Sox and Packers fan and he loves to give Samm a hard time about the teams that she supports. Patrick and Dan have done plenty of house projects together while drinking a beer or two. Dan is a great guy to throw axes with, attend GABF (Great American Beer Fest) with and a great Catan player. Fun Fact: Dan packs beers when hiking 14ers, so he's the real MVP (see picture).
Lola Osman-French
Flower Girl
Lola was adopted by Maddy and Dan and she will be the flower girl! Lola is not only Dempsey's girlfriend but one of Patrick and Samm's favorite dogs to be around and dogsit. She's the happiest dog with her tail always wagging and always very excited to greet you. She LOVES Patrick (He's such a dog whisperer and Samm is only slightly jealous)! Samm wishes Dempsey and Lola could have a litter of pups to see all the cute coloring mashups and a pup with one up ear and one down ear. Enjoy Lola sauntering down the aisle in her outfit created by Sharon Dennis, mother of the groom! Disclaimer: Lola can be a little skittish around new people especially men, so be patient if she barks at you at first. Once she's comfortable with you, she'll be the sweetest pup and definitely lick you!
Dempsey Mammoser
Ring Bearer
Samm adopted Dempsey two weeks after moving to Colorado & two weeks later Dempsey met Patrick. Patrick has been Dempsey's favorite person ever since that fateful Monday in March 2016. Patrick claims Dempsey just needed a strong male role model. The Dennis-Mammoser household is not a patriarchy or a matriarchy, it is a Dempsey-archy. Patrick & Samm have bent the knee to their Lord Commander. Dempsey has quite the personality & he's a very spoiled only dog though he enjoys quality time with his girlfriend, Lola, & his best bud, Moose. From Patrick, Dempsey has acquired a very laid back nature & from Samm, Dempsey has acquired a knack for taking sassy photos (see picture). He's a very chill dog who will definitely try to lick plates after dinner. Sharon Dennis is making his outfit too!
Rolando Sanchez
Officiant
Rolando met Patrick during Rolando's freshman year of college where he caught for Patrick on the Dakota Wesleyan Baseball team. After sophomore year, Rolando transferred to Clarke (breaking Patrick's heart & messing with his senior season) where he met Samm in Abdul Sinno's communication class. Quickly, Rolando and Samm became best friends and Rolando would come to the Mammoser house for Thanksgivings. After college, they remained close as they both moved around the US. In 2016, Samm and Rolando hung out for Easter in Chicago before coming back to Denver where Rolando introduced Samm and Patrick. The couple couldn't think of a more perfect person to marry them; Samm's best friend & Patrick's catcher both very strong bonds. Fun Fact: At DWU, Rolando was Booboo and at Clarke, he was Lando.