Lea and Lauren met freshman year at Syracuse when they lived in the same dorm and shared many of the same classes. Since then they have become and stayed best of friends. She played a bit of matchmaker for Tim & Lauren during one of her now annual trips to Milwaukee.

Matt is Tim's oldest brother and paved the way nicely for his younger siblings. He has been known to rap all of the lyrics to the "To The Extreme" album by Vanilla Ice. Matt enjoys motorsports, engineering, and DIY projects. He is married to Terri and has two children Bennett and Sydney. Matt's first born Bennett will be playing the role of ring bearer.

Theresa aka Tree and Lauren have been friends since high school. Despite living in different places since then they have remained best friends. Theresa married her college sweetheart Keven in April & they live together in Manhattan (where Lauren frequently crashes at their apartment when visiting).

Brian is also Tim's older brother by two years. Being close in age Brian made sure his little brother knew what was cool and what was not cool. For this reason Tim grew up being cooler than he should have been. Tim chose not to dye his hair blonde with Sun-In or wear yellow tinted glasses with no prescription, which were apparently cool things to do back in the 90's. Brian was always including his little brother in on games, sports, and parties with his own friends giving Tim insight into what to expect, which is what big brothers are for.

Sarah is Lauren's sister-in-law. Sarah is a Southern Belle growing up in Georgia but has travelled all over the world as an officer in the US Navy and with the Department of Defense. She and Steve recently settled in Boston after living overseas for the past few years. Lauren couldn't be happier that Sarah is so much closer (only 1 time zone away!) and able to spend more time together.

Steve Kopach is Tim's future brother-in-law and married to Sarah Kopach. Steve and Sarah have one cat named Cookie, which was rescued from a shawarma stand in Bahrain and immigrated to Boston. Steve served over 12 years as a Marine and currently works with the Department of Defense. Steve enjoys running marathons in memory of Andy Kopach finishing in New York, Chicago, and Boston (April 2016).

Tim met Dave aka Big Dave aka Straight Dave when they were in kindergarten and have remained close friends for nearly 25 years. Dave and his family taught Tim how to be more country by introducing him to "real" country music (not the pop country today), and teaching him how to shoot a gun, setup a deer stand, and ride a four wheeler. Dave also studied abroad in Germany for a year, for which Tim is eternally grateful since this decision is what ultimately started the series of events that led to Tim and Lauren meeting.

Laura is Tim's sister and Lauren's future sister-in-law. Laura lives in Atlanta with her husband Seth & two beautiful children, Julia & Calvin, and their third baby will have arrived by the wedding (who we can't wait to meet!) The photo here is from Tim's annual family reunion/golf outing which Laura helped Lauren make it through her first time golfing.

Eric and Tim met on the soccer field in middle school as opponents and in high school as teammates. After high school Eric went on to play D1 NCAA soccer at IUPUI in Indianapolis. After college Tim and Eric rekindled the friendship after Tim had a business trip in Indianapolis and met up with Eric for some adult beverages and Stanley Cup hockey. The high school soccer memories made it seem it was yesterday that they last saw each other. Shortly after Eric accepted a job offer to work at Baird in downtown Milwaukee and they have been best friends ever since.

Laura & Lauren met early on freshman year at Syracuse with both being retail management majors and sharing many of the same classes. They stayed best friends after college while both living in Manhattan and working in corporate retail. One of Lauren's favorite memories of NYC is their morning runs along the Hudson river before work. Laura is currently planning her wedding with her fiance, Jerry, next September.

Stas (short for Stanislaw...Polish) and Tim met back in elementary school. Stas went to Holy Angels and Tim went to Holy Name, however the two schools were small enough that the sports teams would play together. After elementary and middle school they both went to Xavier High School and played on the soccer team. Stas is currently a medical resident practicing OBGYN at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Even though he has the most daily responsibility out of all of the close friends the roles reverse on weekends and he is always the entertainment.

Tonya & Lauren met in elementary school when they were girl scouts. They became close again in high school when they were both cheerleaders. Tonya enjoys all things health & wellness related and is a fellow vegetarian. She lives in Boston with her husband Ryan and their two awesome children Jack & Jameson.

Steph & Lauren lived two houses away from each other growing up. One of Lauren's early memories from elementary school is getting off the bus and seeing Steph already waiting at her house. Steph and Lauren were cheerleaders together in high school and both lived in Manhattan after college.

Tim met Cam through Stas and it's been a natural fit ever since. Cam is also engaged and marrying his fiance, Amy, the weekend after Tim and Lauren's wedding. Cam is an avid outdoorsman and loves fishing, hiking, and camping. If you bring up frogs, toads, or tortoises you're in for a long discussion. In fact, Cam actually bred poison dart frogs in exchange for a lot of money and some tattoos not too long ago.

Bennett Jon is Tim's Godson and making his debut as ring bearer. He enjoys Matchbox Cars, the sandbox, making his sister giggle, Youtube Kids videos, and ordering drive through on his tricycle. When Bennett grows up he wants to be a race car driver.

Julia Kathleen is Tim's niece and daughter of Seth and Laura Lively. She is the life of the party and expected to be the first on the dance floor along with the ring bearer, Bennett. Julia enjoys donuts with sprinkles, Minnie Mouse, tea parties, costume parties, and dancing.

Tim met John freshman year at Xavier High School. They first met on the soccer field, but became close friends with their shared interests in giving the choir director a hard time and downhill skiing. When they weren't goofing off in choir they got into plenty of shenanigans during the school's ski club trips on the weekends. John is married to Dani Binzak and Tim was an usher for their wedding. John is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin and currently has his Masters of Education from Haaaarvard.

Tim and Matt met in kindergarten and luckily for them their mothers are great friends in the parish's craft group (aka "The Craft Ladies"). Even though they were already friends they had the added bonus of being "forced" to hangout every Monday, which is when their mothers would make crafts. Matt moved to Oregon for several years, but the Baus family returned to Wisconsin where Tim and Matt were the only ones from their middle school to go to Xavier together. Matt is currently planning his own wedding with his fiance, Natalie Masciopinto.