Kristen and Alyssa met as members of the Lutheran High North Dance Team heading into high school and have been friends ever since. Both are now members of the healthcare community and share a bond over helping others.

Best friends since 5th Grade Football, Ryan and Adam attended MSU together as dorm roommates in 2006. The two have lived together in various different places for roughly half of the time they've known each other!

Rachel and Kristen met while studying Engineering as undergraduates at Wayne State University. They eventually lived together in multiple locations, one of which being the place where Kristen and Ryan first met!

Best friends since 6th Grade, Ryan and Jon spent their years at Valleywood Middle School building a lifelong friendship. Even Jonathan's move to Wisconsin to play college soccer for UW Madison never threatened the bond between these two.

Ryan and Alex first became friends while sharing a room during their 8th Grade East Coast Trip, and spent the rest of their High School years at East Kentwood as close as could be. Ryan will also be a Groomsman in Alex's wedding in May 2016!

Mallory and Kristen met in the dorms at Wayne State University and quickly became close friends. They lived together for several years as they completed school. Mallory is the happy mother of a beautiful new baby girl, Mara.

As a fellow Spartan grad, Andrew became one of Ryan's closest friends when he moved to Detroit after finishing school. The two lived together in Royal Oak, and share a special bond forged in Green and White!

Allie is the sister of the Groom, and has been a loving and supportive future sister-in-law since the first time her and Kristen met. From day 1 she could sense the happiness that Kristen provided to her brother, and accepted her into the family with open arms.

Aidan is Ryan's nephew, and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ever since Aidan was a small child the two have always had a special connection, and are inseparable when they are lucky enough to spend time together!