Nikki is Olivia’s older sister by about 15 years. Nikki has helped take care of Olivia since Olivia was brought home and has treated her like her own child. In a lot of ways, Olivia was almost like Nikki’s “practice baby” before she had her own three awesome kids. She would not be the person she is today without her. Nikki is a one-of-a-kind old soul who speaks her mind regardless of what others think. Nikki is hilarious, strong, crazy, and has always shown that she will forever be one of Olivia’s biggest supporters no matter what.

Olivia met Baylee in Spring of 2018 at Western Carolina University during a game night hosted by their fraternity SAI. The two instantly clicked and quickly realized their personalities were almost photo copies of each other. Put these two in a room together and they will talk for days on end. Even though they live about two hours away, they always remain in each other lives throughout the years. She is a ball of joy, ridiculously insane (in the best way possible) and has one of the most caring people Olivia has ever met.

Olivia met Ashley when Ben Jones, groomsman, started dating Ashley in March, 2023. Ashley is one of those people that is good at almost anything. She is always determined to learn new things. She is a wonderful cook and also was an MMA fighter (so don’t mess with her!!). Ashley has helped in the planning for the wedding, making the cake, and just being a great overall friend. Even though they haven’t been in each other’s lives for very long, it feels as if they’ve had an eternity.

Preschool friendships rarely ever reach adulthood, however, Eli and Peter have been friends for over 21 years and have been there through it all. Peter met Eli all those years ago and befriended over their love of cars, Madden, music, beer, and fishing. Both Eli and Olivia enjoy occasionally going to see Peter during his races over the weekends. Peter is one of those people that you can rely on to show up in the middle of the night to "hit the sticks". He is dependable, honest, funny, and an overall homie that will always be a lifelong friend.

Eli met Joel in Spanish class his junior year of high school and with the help of being paired up for a project, they became great friends. Joel and Eli enjoy cooking awesome homemade pizzas together over the weekends and are always making plans to open up a restaurant. With Joel being a very talented cook, Eli has picked up a lot of cooking advice from him and continues to work together to make great food. Joel graduated from WCU with Eli and enjoyed their time together in the mountains. Joel is creative, hilarious, someone you can always count on to tell it like it is, and a great overall friend.

Eli met Ben during the summer before going into sixth grade, when they were at boy scout camp. Eli and Ben remained friends throughout the years while participating in band together. They both decided to go to WCU for music and marched together in the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. They became roommates together during their time at WCU and created a lot of memories over the years. Ben is dependable, smart, and funny. Ben and Eli continue their friendship by working together and hanging out over the weekends.

Eli met Alex in kindergarten, going on 20 years ago. During the earlier years of their 20-year-long friendship, they both enjoyed spending time talking about Star Wars, building legos, playing Halo, and building forts for nerf wars. After coming back from Western Carolina University to his hometown, Eli and Alex continue their friendship right where they left off. Alex and Eli continue to meet with the friend group over the weekends to hang out, eat pizza, and talk about their week. Alex is intelligent, funny, compassionate and very well-armed.