Wedding Party

Emily Overtoom

Bride

Theodore Zipoy

Groom

Izabel Stephanie

Maid of Honor

Emily and Izabel met in Emily's freshman year of college. They quickly became close friends and enjoy many activities together. They have been on several camping trips, girls trips, and wild excursions within the metro area. Izabel and Emily are best friends and don't plan on changing that anytime soon!

Ben Zipoy

Best Man

Ben is Ted's younger brother. Ben and Ted share a love of outdoor motorsports, fishing, hunting, and anything else that has to do with the outdoors!

Sheri Sanford

Bridesmaid

Sheri and Emily became friends after being introduced to each other from Izabel. This trio can often be found binge watching home improvement shows, taking a hike, or making plans that will (probably) never happen. Emily and Sheri have enjoyed wedding planning together, along with study dates to complete their degrees!

William Spaulding

Groomsman

Will and Ted have close friends since boy scouts in Kindergarten. They also attended NDSU together and earned their engineering degrees in tandem. Will and Ted enjoy Utepils brewery, dartys, and poker together.

Hannah Schull

Bridesmaid

Hannah is Emily's future sister in law and Ted's older sister. As she is earning her MD, she has also provided a never ending support system for the soon to be married couple. Hannah, Emily, and Ted enjoy camping together in the summer and skiing in the winter.

Matthew Schull

Groomsman

Matt is Hannah's husband and Ted's brother in law. Matt enjoys trying new activities with the Zipoy family and taking their dog Luna on walks in Duluth. Matt has been a role model for Ted throughout the past few years as Ted navigates an adult life.

Nicole Gerving

Bridesmaid

Nicole and Emily have been close friends for many years, since Emily was a freshman in highschool. Nicole and Emily have enjoyed many trips to Duluth with Nicole's daughter Kinsley. They share a love of hiking, cows, and nature. Nicole has been a great mentor for Emily throughout the past several years, guiding her to be the best person she can be.

Micah Overtoom

Groomsman

Micah is Emily's younger brother. Micah has been a huge supporter of Emily and Ted's blossoming relationship since day 1. Micah is now following in his soon to be brother in law's footsteps of attending NDSU and joining their track team as a thrower. Micah enjoys talking the Overtoom's dogs on walks, gaming with his friends, and learning niche historical facts.

Sam Byrd

Bridesmaid

Sam and Emily have been friends since 5th grade. Their friendship started in band when Emily was still homeschooled. Throughout Sam's numerous moves to the Twin Cities and then New York City, Emily and Sam have remained close. Emily enjoys visiting Sam in New York as the pair explores new things. Sam is working on completing her Master's degree in History and loves to travel the world. As a young woman, she has traveled to 5 continents!

Marek Overtoom

Groomsman

Marek is Emily's younger brother! He loves sports, especially basketball. Marek also enjoys playing video games with his friends everyday. Marek will be a junior in highschool next year and is excited to explore the options he has for his future after highschool.

Jocelynn Wittmann

Bridesmaid

Emily and Jocelynn were roomates at St. Thomas during Emily's freshman year of college. Jocelynn recently graduated with her degree in Business in May of 2022. Jocelynn has been a huge supporter of Emily throughout her college days, even though Emily transferred schools and switched degree's many times. Jocelynn and Emily enjoy spontaneous craft nights, nights on the town, and double dates with Ted and Jocelynn's boyfriend.

Aaron Knutdson

Groomsman

Ted and Aaron became friends at NDSU while they were studying Engineering. Aaron has been a huge mentor for Ted while navigating the business world. Aaron introduced Ted to the concepts of blockchain and web 3. They are now business partners in a successful startup and are excited to continue their work together over the next few years.

Giovanna Crespo

Bridesmaid

Emily and Gio became friends after Ted and Gio's boyfriend Blane reconnected. Gio has a passion for helping others along with achieving her own goals of becoming a medical doctor. Gio and Emily share a love for makeup, skincare, and shopping at Target.

Blane Tschida

Groomsman

Blane and Ted met in high school during wrestling. They fell out of touch during college but reconnected during the COVID-19 pandemic. They enjoy gaming together and bowling. Blane and Ted are also gun enthusiasts who will take a day at the range together over anything.

Rachel Borovsky

Flower Girl

Rachel is Emily's younger cousin. She is so excited to be a part of Emily and Ted's big day. Rachel enjoys petting the Overtoom's basset hound, Dudley, and giving him ice water!

Kinsley Schmidt

Flower Girl

Kinsley is Emily's honorary niece. Kinsley's mom, Nicole, and Emily are close friends, they have been friends since Kinsley was born! Kinsley loves farming and seeing the cows when given the opportunity. Kinsley also enjoys surprise visits from her Auntie Emily and just can't wait to have a sleepover soon!

Alannah Beck

Personal Attendant

Alannah is engaged to Will! These two have been close friend’s of Ted’s since college. Emily and Alannah met and became friends after spending time with the boys! Alannah is currently a social worker in Bloomington, MN!

Ezra Overtoom

Mother of the Bride Escort

Ezra is Emily’s youngest brother. He brings lots of joy to all those around him. Ezra hopes to become a LEGO engineer in the future!

Mitchell Janksy

Usher

Mitch has been part of the Zipoy family since day being Ben’s best friend and Ted’s honorary younger brother.

Mike Straus

Usher

Ted and Mike met at NDSU in their undergrad years. They spent a lot of time together doing a variety of clubs, activities, and social events. They also lived together post college in downtown Minneapolis in 2020!

Tim Straus

Usher

Tim and Ted met at NDSU in the Industrial Engineering program. They are both Fellows at Stanford University in California and built many innovation programs at NDSU together.

Alex Johnson

Usher

Ted and Alex lived on the same Engineering floor freshman year of college and have stayed close ever since. Alex and Ted both worked in the medical device field post college.

Katy Overtoom

Mother of the Bride

Matthew Overtoom

Father of the Bride

Susan Zipoy

Mother of the Groom

Tim Zipoy

Father of the Groom