Tamara & Jake
Wedding Party
Maria Luíza Beti
Maid of Honor
Maria and Tamara met the first day of freshman year of college and they kept their friendship strong for all those years. They shared happy and sad moments together, and always were there for each other. After all, she is basically from the family and that is why she deserves her title of maid of honor.
Daniel Keith
Best Man
Dan and Jake met their freshman year of college when they lived down the hall from each other. They later became roommates for two years and work for the same company, DISTek Integration based in Iowa.
Emily Gulstad
Bridesmaid
Emily is the sister of the groom and sister to be of the bride. She is always Tamara's safe company during the big family events. The bride always goes to her when she needs to understand more about American girl culture. Besides their common love for clothes and sweets, they also share their love for Jake.
Fabian Briesmoore
Groomsman
Fabian and Jake have been close since they were roommates during an exchange program together in Valencia, Spain in 2012. They bonded over a love of adventure and travel, and have since gone on several trips around the United States, but also get together to watch and play sports, or just have a good time.
Kathryn Perrin
Bridesmaid
Kathy is Tamara`s sister in law. Although they live very far away from each other their common interests bring those two together. They are passionate about animals, food enthusiasts, and share a love for Bruno (Tamara`s brother).
Joseph Regenschied
Groomsman
Joseph and Jake have known each other since elementary school but really became close when they both decided to go to college at Iowa State University. They lived together for two years along with Dan and Kevin.
Fernanda Tanure
Bridesmaid
Fernanda and Tamara met through church around 12 years ago. But life brought these two friends together more times than that. They also worked in the same lab in college for 3 years, had the same major and worked as a volunteer at the same place, and now they both live in the USA. When they were younger they loved to spend the weekends doing sleepovers and watching movies. She is the best chocolatier Tamara knows, and the guests will have the opportunity to try her delicious Brazilian truffles at the wedding.
Martin Davis
Groomsman
Martin and Jake have been friends since 8th grade. Together they managed to do the vast majority of extra-curriculars offered by Prior Lake High School and still have time to play video games, eat Leann Chin's chinese food, and goof off. As they've gotten older their time spent together has had less to do with school activities and more to do with trying new things and having a good time.
Kevin Simon
Groomsman
Kevin and Jake met their freshman year of college and ended up becoming roommates a year later. After sharing many misadventures together Kevin became a groomsman because in his own words: "I know too much."
Claire Hamel
Flower Girl
This adorable and super smart 6-year-old girl is the groom`s cousin and will give us the honor to be the flower girl at our wedding. For those that haven`t noticed the similarity, she is the ring bearer`s sister.
Elliot Hamel
Ring Bearer
This sweet and cute 4-year-old boy is the groom`s cousin and will give us the honor to be the ring bearer at our wedding. For those that haven`t noticed the similarity, he is the flower girl`s brother
Zachary Pearson
Officiant
Zack is a mutual friend of Jake and Tamara. He has known Jake since their freshman year of college and met Tamara just after Jake did. A talented communicator, Zack works as a technical writer in St. Louis.