RYAN & DANI
Wedding Party
Mary Kate Marschke
Maid of Honor
MK & Dani met in college at CSULB. MK became Dani's Little Sister in Alpha Phi where they bonded over their mutual lack of sorority-ness, love of travel & love of pizza! This is the kind of friendship where PJs & wine nights are all you need :)
Melissa McLaughlin
Bridesmaid
Melissa & Dani met in the dorms, freshman year of college & 11 years later here they are. Together they have been through it all... bad halloween costumes, dorm waterballon fights, christmas parties, all the crafting & even hitching a ride in a Mexican ghost town.
Shannon Longworth
Bridesmaid
Shannon is Ryans only Sister, and flys with Dani at Alaska Airlines. She has seen them together through their entire relationship & helped to orchestrate the proposal! Dani grew up as an only child, and is VERY excited to finaly have Shannon as a sister.
Alicia Bieser
Bridesmaid
Alicia & Dani were co-workers at a very boring job & found each other due to their boredom working in a cubicle. They bonded over their love of puppies & yoga & sushi & their boyfriends (Both of which will now be their husbands). Alicia has a beutiful toddler named Arya, and Dani frequently comes over to bring snacks & help with bathtime.
Tiffany Smaglick
Bridesmaid
Tiffany & Dani traveled across Peru together! TIffany's husband is one of Ryans closest friends & will be officiating the wedding. Together they braved the sand dunes of Haucachina, the trek up Rainbow Mountain & even stood by each other when they were faced with eating some very questionable rodents.
Raf Batista
Best Man
Ryan and Raf met in college at CSULB. They met through their fraternity, but soon became best friends and lived together as roomates for 2 years. They share a love for Political Science, Thai food & fat orange tabby cats. Raf has known Ryan & Dani throughout their entire relationship & is very excited to help them tie the knot 8 years later as Best Man.
Cody Gonzalez
Groomsman
Cody & Ryan met back in high school in Lake Arrowhead. They had tons of mutual friends but had never actually hung out together. Eventually they morphed into great friends, but not until Ryan started a rumor about Cody. When confronted about the "rumor", Ryan just said.. “well people were asking me things like I knew the answer, so I just figured it’d be funny to give them one"...And from that moment on they became great friends. SInce then, they have maintained their friendship through snowboarding, fitness, game nights in Lake Arrowhead & they even became roomates in Orange Couny for a short time!
Brian Morris
Groomsman
Brian & Ryan first met almost 3 years ago. Brian & Ben were short one person for their climbing team, and grabbed the best looking guy they could find in the gym. After they got Ryan, their team later went on to take 31st place in the climbing competition, and they have been in a belaytionship ever since! Brian & Ryan share a mutual love of climbing, hiking, sports, traveling, and pretty much everything you can think of. But it wasn’t until recently when Ryan joined him on a last minute backpacking trip through Patagonia that he knew Ryan was the one!
Will Parsons
Groomsman
Will & Ryan met in college at CSULB. They were both 3rd year Poly Sci transfer students and met in a global politics class. Will invited Ryan over to his apartment after class and they struck up a quick friendship. When Ryan learned that Will played guitar, he asked Will to teach him, and so they set out trying to teach Ryan the ropes of open chords and guitar basics. Unfortunately it didn’t stick, but luckily Ryan found his artistic niche in woodworking months after they met. During their first semester at CSULB, Ryan rushed Pi Kappa Phi and ultimately got Will to rush the next semester. Will ended up as Ryan's lil’ bro in the fraternity and they had lots of fun times through school and even got to graduate together side by side.
Brandon Tran
Groomsman
Brandon & Ryan first met in College at CSULB. Brandon joined Ryans fraternity Pi Kappa Phi & they instantly became friends as ryan "led" him through the initation process, and provided Brandon with a place to escap from the dorms. Through the years Brandon has become Ryans person Physical Therapist, helping him with his many sports related injuries, and also became Dani & Ryans Roomate! Brandon is currently attending school at Boston University for PT.
Ben Smaglick
Groomsman & Officiant
Ryan and ben met climbing at the local climbing gym. Ben was drawn to Ryans welcoming eyes and entrancing smile. As he spoke, visions of friendship played across Bens mind and imagination. Soon they were laughing and talking about their future together (climbing, sports, camping, hiking etc.). Upon meeting, Ben, Ryan, and Bryan (aka Beta Boi Bryan) spent as much time together as possible, often laughing the nights away. Since their happen-chance, serendipitous encounter, they have spent many a hour playing racquetball, climbing, camping, hiking, playing spikeball, spracquetball, billiards, discussing politics and religion, traveling the globe, and engaging in many other adventures.