Meg and Kelli forged their relationship when they shared a carpet square while sleeping on a church basement's concrete floor on a service trip through XU. As teachers they’ve been able to enjoy lots of summertime fun visiting one another in Boston and Cincy and going to the pool and having weekly coffee dates since Meg moved back to Cincy years ago.

Famously, once called Thunder and Lightning. Mike and Andrew lived together for all four years of college at Xavier. They share a passion for watching sports while eating insane amounts of junk food, rhetoric, and video games. Since college, Andrew has traveled to every stateside location Mike has been posted at. Additionally, Mike has made it to Cincinnati for many birthdays and long weekends over the last nine years.

If we had a dollar for the amount of times we’ve been asked if we’re sisters, we could cover the bar tab for the wedding! Megan and Kelli love to cook together, try new places, travel and run beer-themed races together.

Millennials are supposed to be bad at picking up the phone and calling someone. Pete and Andrew don’t fit that narrative. Their ability to talk about Xavier basketball for hours on end over the phone may only be rivaled by their ability to watch baseball games together. In 2016 alone, they watched over 150 Cubs games together.

As high school besties, Sara and Kelli have shared a lot of life experiences, too many late nights, a few too-early mornings, plenty of concerts and road trips and now settle for a few visits a year and the occasional evening phone call after her adorable kiddos are in bed.

When Andrew first came to college he thought only unsavory people liked soccer and Europe. In 2019 when Andrew went to a soccer match while traveling in Europe it showed how much Jon had rubbed off on Andrew. Andrew also loves nicknames, just ask Kelli. Jon may be the only person on the planet that Andrew has given nearly as many to as Kelli.

EB and Kelli bonded over many, many miles of running and chatting while half-marathon training and probably just as many meals, drinks, and walks to recover. Work, life, exercise, and fun being balanced is always the goal for these two.

Living together for their first 4 years post college, Andrew spent many years happily serving as the third wheel with John and his wife, Katie. They have shut down many bars together and love late night pizza, despite both being lactose intolerant.

As Kale’s high school sweetheart, Kelli and Julie have known each other for over half their lives. In addition to being the momma of the flowergirl and ringbearer, Julie has always been supportive and gentle in Kelli’s quest to find Andrew.

As an only child, Andrew always hoped he would have a brother-in-law some day. He feels very lucky that Kale is that guy! Kelli would tell you that they are two peas in a pod. And they can talk about college football for days.

A true sign Melissa and Kelli’s friendship is when Melissa comes across the hall and closes Kelli’s classroom door because she’s being too loud, all while shaking her head and smiling. After 13 years of teaching together, they have a deep mutual love all things Cincinnati, America, and all-girls schools. They also always get more work done when they don’t share a plan bell!

KP and Andrew have never gone to school together or lived in the same city. But you would never know that. They’ve spent Christmas together, traveled throughout the US together, and he was one of Grandma Bush’s favorite people. Even if she always called him P.K. K.P. also played a crucial role in Andrew and Kelli’s engagement by serving as a decoy.

There may not be a human being on Earth that Andrew had spent more hours playing video games with, despite losing painstakingly almost every time. Similar to Mike, Matt and Andrew also are very skilled at crushing snacks together. They ate over 5 pounds of Goldfish crackers together last January.

Becks is a fun-loving 6 year old who has been anxiously awaiting the wedding for months and cannot wait for Kelli and Andrew to give her a new cousin.

Bo is a funny four year old who has bonded with Andrew over their mutual love of dinosaurs. He is most excited about the cocktail hour of the wedding where he'll get to see all the big dinos.