LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN (AGAIN)
Wedding Party
Molly Branson
Maid of Honor
Molly is Susie's younger sister, and also her best friend. She is the yin to her yang, and is an instrumental part of making who Susie is today. Fun Fact: Molly and Susie have traveled to over 7 countries over the years together, laughing through all of the adventures. One time in South Africa, Susie convinced Molly to lie to an equestrian rancher that she knew how to ride a horse. As they galloped through a forest, Susie looked back to see Molly, barely hanging onto the saddle with one hand for dear life as both legs and one lanky arm flailed in the air as she flew between trees. The best part about Molly is, she smiled and laughed the entire time and Susie will never forget that image.
Stacey Gebler
Maid of Honor
Stacey came into Susie's life when she transferred to UMD like a wrecking ball and they've never looked back! Throughout the years their friendship quickly evolved from best friends to family. Fun fact: Stacey and Susie snuck back into their sorority house for one last night before graduation after they were formally supposed to move out and slept on the bare mattresses... embarrassingly falling asleep holding hands.
Juliet Garlow
Bridesmaid
Juliet and Susie grew up two houses away from each other since about the age of 4 on Woodburn Rd! Their entire childhoods were intertwined which has led to the Branson and Garlow families to become one big loving family! Fun Fact: Juliet and Susie have been best friends for so long that before cell phones they would instead throw pebbles at each other's bedroom windows to communicate, "GET OUT HERE AND PLAY WITH ME!"
Renee Pierce
Bridesmaid
Renee and Susie met Freshman year at Montgomery Blair High School. Their passion for traveling and adventure while having the time of their lives has kept their friendship sparkling and full of memories! Fun Fact: Susie and Renee once successfully broke into their vacation house in Santorini after getting locked out Alias-style climbing onto a window sill and picking the lock with a broom.
Pam Cerria
Bridesmaid
Pam and Susie met in college... but became even closer after graduating! Their friendship has evolved with similar interests in traveling with a focus on improving personal and professional development. Susie was a bridesmaid in Pam's wedding.. and now we have the honor of having both Pam and her husband Christian in our party as well! Fun Fact: One time Susie and Pam were trapped on a boat during a scuba adventure where nearly everyone got gravely sea sick. Pam and Susie made their way to the front of the boat just screaming STRONG LIKE BULL to try and laugh through the insanity of the entire trip.
Angela Stone
Bridesmaid
Angela and Susie met Susie's first semester at UMD. Their tendencies to be the "meatballs" of their sorority Theta resulted in them being placed together in the smallest room of the sorority house. Their similar interests and competitive edge resulted in a lifetime friendship! Fun Fact: If you see Angela looking for a hair dryer... it isn't for her hair. She just likes her bed REALLY warm before falling asleep.
Emily Nelson
Bridesmaid
Emily (Peanut) and Susie also met through Theta at UMD. If the hilarious College Park memories aren't enough, Peanut and Susie's friendship continued way after college with even more adventures! When they aren't laughing together, you can usually find them in some sort of workout class or getting into mischief. Fun Fact: Peant is always fine.
Eileen Crissey
Bridesmaid
Eileen and Susie met through Theta at UMD. Their commitment to having a good time and shared passion for crab dip has resulted in countless hilarious memories. Fun Fact: Eileen once convinced Susie to drive her two blocks to pick up "necessary" gummy worms because she didn't want to put on jeans.
Morgan Ottone
Bridesmaid
Susie met Morgan through Greg's group of high school friends. Through the years and soccer leagues, Morgan and Susie have become fast, great friends who enjoy being active, laughing until you have to run to the bathroom, and getting into mischief. Fun Fact: Morgan once performed in front of a routy bus of strangers "GET LOW" after a Jimmy Buffet concert... and killed it.
Rachel Wilkinson
Bridesmaid
Rachel is the younger sister of Greg. Dating Greg for the past four years, Rachel and Susie have essentially gotten to grow into adulthood together while making memories along the way! It's been so fun to simultaneously plan our weddings together. Fun Fact: When Rachel first met Susie she thought Susie was trying to flirt with her (now husband) boyfriend Brian! Glad we figured that one out hah!
Ashley Wilkinson
Bridesmaid
Ashley is Greg's youngest sister. How lucky is Susie to have gained two new amazing sisters?! Fun Fact: We can laugh about this now because she was okay but once while camping something spooked Ashley and she tried to run to her tent. The issue was she tripped on a root while her arms were inside her sweatshirt so she immediately face planted.
Kyle Wilkinson
Best Man
Kyle is Greg's younger brother of 10 years and Best Man. Fun fact: When he was around 2-3 years old, Kyle used to sneak out of his bedroom every single night and run down the hall to Greg's room to watch the Seinfeld re-runs that Greg had recorded on his TiVo until 11pm. Kyle also almost got suspended for creating a fake Howard County Public Schools twitter account and announcing that school was cancelled.
Brian Burke
Groomsman
Brian is one of Greg's closest friends and brother-in-law (married to Greg's sister Rachel). Fun fact: Brian's father was once woken up at 2am to the sound of chickens screaming. Upon kicking open the door to his chicken coop, yelling "What are you doing to my chickens!?", Mr. Burke caught Brian and Greg red-handed holding chickens that they had been chasing around.
Christian Cerria
Groomsman
Christian is another close friend of Greg's from college and husband to Pam Cerria, a bridesmaid of Susie's. Fun fact: Prior to them dating, Christian pulled Greg aside and said that Susie had been talking about him a lot and that he should go after her. Christian said this exact same thing to Susie. It took them over a year of dating to figure this out and realize that Christian was the puppeteer behind their relationship.
Pat Kelly
Groomsman
Pat Kelly is Greg's close friend and step-brother. Fun fact: We have yet to find a place that isn't suitable for Pat to drunkenly fall asleep, to the point that there's an album out there with probably 30-50 pictures of all of the places that Pat has decided his night was over.
Russell Lanham
Groomsman
Russ is another close friend of Greg's from high school and is dating Morgan Ottone, one of Susie's bridesmaids. Fun fact: Russ claims that Greg once laid him out while playing a casual co-ed indoor flag football game during PE freshman year of high school, the occurrence of which Greg has no recollection. Russ also pulls off a fantastic My Little Pony Halloween costume.
Gautam Mehta
Groomsman
Gautam is one of Greg's oldest friends and the reason his Uber Eats history is 90% Indian food. Fun fact: Gautam once tried to hide a girl that he snuck over from his mom by hiding her in a closet behind their water heater. He was then forced to sit there as she cried to his mom to not call her parents.
Joel Quillin
Groomsman
Joel is a close friend of Greg's from high school. Fun fact: Joel is known to many of Greg's college friends as the guy that once did burnouts with a pocket bike through their dorm halls. He also used to be really good at My Name is Jonas on Easy mode in Guitar Hero 3.
Shaun Vasavada
Groomsman
Shaun was the first friend Greg met in college. Fun fact: Shaun and Greg were either roommates or lived in adjacent rooms all four years of college. Shaun also once tried to sneak attack Greg from behind, missing entirely in the process, giving himself a giant red mark dead-center on his forehead.
Keenan Weaving
Groomsman
Keenan is a close friend of Greg's from college. Fun fact: Keenan has never beaten fellow groomsman Christian Cerria in Monopoly.
Billy Zolga
Groomsman
Billy is Greg's cousin and long-time friend. Fun fact: Billy once accidentally threw a ball through a window at his grandma's house while playing wall ball with Greg when they were young. He was so upset at the thought of getting in trouble that he ran upstairs and locked himself in a room, refusing to open the door until Greg's mom lured him out with the promise of hot dogs.
Blake Loftus
Flower Child
Blake and Susie have known he each other since the 6th grade at Eastern Middle School. They've become siblings over all of these years, and are lifetime friends. Fun Fact: Susie was more nervous to introduce Greg to Blake for the first time for his approval over her own parents!
David Burnett
Flower Child
David and Susie have been friends since High School. Doing the math... the number of adventures we have shared are too many to count and David has become a brother to Susie. Fun Fact: One time David lost his way and Susie had to carry him 3 blocks on her back, through the snow, while he reported the weather conditions.