Emma and I met way back in middle school playing basketball together and have become best friends over the years. We attended the University of Tennessee Knoxville together and joined the same sorority (which we promptly dropped out of). We have remained super close throughout the years and she is like the sister I never had! Emma currently works for the University of Central Florida in their media department and has an incredible talent for photo and video (peep our engagement pictures for proof!).

Andy is one of both Eli and Macy's best friends from college. Eli and Andy became friends first through both of them working as resident assistants in North Carrick and the next year Macy joined the group where all three became very close. He is always the life of the party and makes everybody around him feel included and important. After college Andy went to teach high school chemistry in Cumming Georgia (where he also attended high school) and was a student favorite. He moved back to Knoxville after year two and decided to begin the same nursing program Macy graduated from to earn his BSN as well!

Zach is Eli's longest childhood friendship. Originally going to school together in Milan Tennessee the two became quick friends and nothing has really changed since. Even after Zach moved from Milan to Maryville, Eli would visit every year for a couple weeks at a time. Then, when Eli moved to Knoxville for college, they would regularly have dinners at Zach's house when Zach was home from college. Zach graduated from Samford University and then started working in the health care field. He recently started dental school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to achieve his goal of becoming a dentist.