Where to start with my little sister? I won’t get into the many, many fights we had growing up but I am very glad we have gotten to the place we are now and I am calling her my maid of honor. Living her best life down in sunny Florida, Nina and her boyfriend, Todd, recently welcomed baby John. She is taking on the new role as Mom so well and I couldn’t be happier for her.

A 17 year age gap between sisters isn’t very common but here we are! Amberly was one of my role models growing up and has remained one of the most independent and head strong people I know. She not only made me an aunt at the age of 3 but raised two daughters to be great, insanely cool people (even though they will never text you back).

Anna and I met on the night of our junior prom. She had recently moved to Kentucky from Florida and after getting to know each other, we were pretty much inseparable. We went on to be college roommates and while I had enough of school after getting my Bachelor’s degree, Anna went on to complete her doctorate at Auburn. Despite now living a thousand miles away from each other, Anna has remained one of my closest friends and the other half of a two person book club.

Emma is someone that I have known since kindergarten but didn’t become close friends with until college. It makes me sad that I missed out on so many potential years of knowing such a great friend but glad to have found her eventually! One of my favorite memories of Emma is the day we tailgated a Jimmy Buffet concert and went all out. We packed an inflatable pool and everything. But most of all, Emma, like myself, is a Swiftie.

Lizzie is one of the funniest and bubbly people that I know. We met our freshman year at EKU and the following year Lizzie became our honorary roommate by sleeping on our futon most nights. We went on to live in two off-campus apartments together, and I think this really helped us both get that sense of real life for the first time and grow up a little together. Although we loved spending days binging reality TV (She’s the JWoww to my Snooki), we had a lot of fun together finishing out our college days.

I guess we have Luke to thank for bringing Nour into our lives. Not only is she a great friend but a genuinely great person. She’s one of those people who wants to pet every dog they see and is so supportive of anything you do. A fun fact about Nour is that she’s a self proclaimed birdnerd (really, it’s her instagram username) and can tell you about any bird you ask about!

Luke is my closet brother in age. We shared a room throughout our whole childhood. I don't know if there is a human out there that understands me more than him. He has been there for most if not all my highest of highs and lowest of lows. People who know us best know that we argue all the time. It is almost become favorite pastime for us. I will miss torturing him as a lil brother does, but I have Brooke to bother for the rest of my life now.

Ben is my second oldest brother. He really embraced the role of big brother. He would beat me up and even gave me the biggest wedgie of my life (it still gives me chills), but when a kid was bullying me on the school bus he was the first one to the rescue. When Brooke and I roomed with him and his family for the first time, Brooke's first quote when we left was, "I feel like I now know what it is like to have an older brother". I don't think I have shared more laughs with any one else in my life. I often think about hanging out with him in the basement of our house. Those days felt easier and more fun.

My oldest brother. We used to joke when we were younger that Joel was the golden child, but there was a little bit of truth to that. Not that our parents favored him, but because of the role model that he has been. It feels like he has lived a thousand lives. Just to list a few highlights, he has cycled across the country, lived on a beach in Miami, and tutored Louisville basketball players. The list goes on. I do not know someone more intelligent in my life. Seriously. I challenge anyone at the wedding to try to stump him on any subject.