Michelle has been my best friend for almost 25 years (I have no idea how she has put up with me for that long). We met in third grade where we shared a love of bracelet making, spying clubs, coloring, Winnie the Pooh, and *NSYNC. She is literally the sister I never had and I'm confident if we could rediscover my myspace page she would still be my #1 friend. We now enjoy wineries, scary movies, and chicago style popcorn (among a thousand other things ☺️).

I met Rachel in junior high where we had many classes together including band and math class. She is literally the smartest person I’ve ever met and she is basically a professional baker (those cinnamon chip scones😍). A few of our favorite things to do together are long walks in her neighborhood followed by ice cream and The Bachelor/Bachlorette/BIP/90 day fiance (she has really saved Eric from ever having to watch any of these 😂).

Heather is my cousin and the absolute best travel agent/buddy I could ask for. We went to pharmacy school together and despite never being roommates, we spent a lot of time together studying aka laying in the sun on the sand volley ball courts. When Heather isn’t forcing me to rock climb up mountains with her, you can find us enjoying froses beside the pool in Columbus.

Rachel is the best future sister in law I could ever ask for! I’ve wanted a sister for as long as I can remember and I’m so excited to finally have one. Rachel is an amazing mom to my beautiful future nephew and niece Sebastian and Freya (our ring bearer and flower girl) and she made me feel like part of the Dodson family from the first day I met her.

I met Jenny in cross country in junior high school. Between band and cross country, I don’t think there is anyone I spent more time with in high school, except maybe her sister Mary. :) One of my favorite memories is leaving cross country early on Thursdays to get food and then show up very late to marching band practice (quite possibly the most rebellious thing we ever did in high school 🤣).

The other half of my favorite Rasinski sisters, I became friends with Mary in high school cross country. Since she was older than us she had to drive us around for a few years and I for one am so glad she let us hang around her and her friends. (I’m certain we were annoying, but we love you Mary!!) We have travelled from Europe to St Louis to NYC to Charleston together and I am so lucky to have the best travel buddy in the world.

I met Emily (Mems) in college when she was roommates with my cousin Heather freshman year. After college, Emily moved to Cuyahoga Falls and we quickly became best workout buddies from barre to orange theory to hiking all of the trails and I miss the endless time we got to spend together. Emily is my best shopping buddy and primary source for all of my random retail pharmacy questions.

Dan and I grew up playing soccer against each other as he went to St. Vincent, and I played for St. Sebastian. It wasn’t until we played together on West Side Soccer (around the age of 12) that we realized how much fun we had together. We went to St. Vincent - St. Mary High School and that is when we became really good friends. From our Halo and Crave Case nights to our Natty party nights, Dan has always been my go-to guy for making fun happen. Some of our favorite things to do these days is trail runs in Sand Run and our yearly Red River Gorge camping trips.

Josh has been one of my best friends from the very beginning. He’s also my cousin so not only did we spend time together with friends, but family as well. We did practically everything together growing up. We also went to grade school, high school, and college together. Some of my favorite memories include our camping trips to Berlin Lake, biking to Yocono’s Pizza, adventures in Grandma’s basement, and watching Avatar in our first college house. Nowadays, we enjoy quoting lines from Pineapple Express, sitting back eating popcorn with Larry (our uncle) during family events, and spending time with our friend group.

Nick is my brother and my go to person for anything movie, show or sports related. I’m six years older than Nick so most of our childhood involved me doing wrestling moves on him (Lion Tamer, thanks Chris Jericho) or him trying to keep up with me and my friends. Despite everything big brothers do to their siblings, he rarely told on me (Hats off to you, bro!). These days, you’ll find Nick and I finding different ways to harass our dad and talking football.

Travis is my future brother-in-law and one of the nicest guys I know. He is a great brother to Denise and has welcomed me from the day we met. We share a few things in common like playing soccer through grade school and high school, caring too much about fantasy football, and giving Denise a hard time about still wearing Steeler’s gear.

Ryan and I met in kindergarten at St. Sebastian. We were friends early on but became much closer as we entered our high school and college years. Most of my favorite memories during high school involve Ryan and the parties he threw at his parents house. Even to this day, Ryan is a great host who loves throwing house parties. Some of our favorite things to do is get dinner with Denise and Kali, spend time with our friend group, and play darts in his garage.

Nick and I became friends when my family moved across the street from him when I was 12. Between our after-school shenanigans and our weekend swim parties, I don’t think there was another person I spent more time with than him. Some of my favorite memories are playing video games together, street basketball and hockey, skateboarding, and jumping off my parent’s roof into the pool. Nowadays, Nick and I still enjoy playing video games and getting together with our friend group for drinks.

Robbie and I went to school together but it wasn’t until our later high school years that we became good friends. Going into college, we both attended The University of Akron where we found ourselves partying a little too much but enjoying every bit of it (Lol). Robbie is my favorite football watching buddy (except when Cleveland plays Pittsburgh) and one of the funniest guys I know.