David and I met as contractors working for USBank. His sharp wit, contagious laughter, and his super hero mentality struck a chord with me and we soon grew a strong friendship. He was a person I leaned on through some rough times in my life and I learned he will always be a friend I know has my back. He gave a place to live and fed for months and never once would take a penny. He's driven across the USA when I need him, fixed my cars for me, helped me with overwhelming home projects, even secretly emptied my whole stuffed garage to build brand new shelves and benches from scratch while I was out of town. A few years into our friendship I ended working for David at a small company called PeopleNet. There we worked hard and played even harder. As our personal lives changed over the years we became best friends, house mates for awhile, video game friends, sport bike riders, Krav Maga fighters, P90X dudes, motorcycle track day pals, and box office movie buddies.

Sister's by birth, friends by choice! I truly couldn't have asked for a better sister. Megan has shown me love and understanding throughout the years. She helped me get a job up here in the cities, gave me a place to live for a few months while I got myself situated, and has never stopped believing and wanting the best for me. If I really stop and think about it, she is the sole person responsible for me meeting James. If she had never given me the extra courage and confidence to move up here, landed me a job, given me a place to stay...I would have probably stayed hundreds of miles away in Wisconsin, and away from James. Thank you Megan, for being one of my number one supporters, and for giving me a reason to move up here! I owe you one big sis! Thanks for accepting the role of being my maid of honor! I love you for who you are, and for whom you have helped me to become.

My brother, Matt, is one of the hardest working people I know. He is truly a talented businessman, charter boat captain, fisherman, mechanic, welder, hunter, skier, motocross rider, husband, and father. He had the courage to, buy into,and take over,the family business when our father was preparing to retire. He (and his beautiful wife) are successful in an industry with 98% failure rate. Matt and I were closest growing up in our teen years, as he was a year and a half older than me. For a few years, we attended the same school, shared paper routes, and I absorbed his advice on cars, how to survive, and what friendships really meant. I recall having a conversation with my brother in our late teens early 20s about our father's disapproval of a most of Matt's friends. Matt's message that day has stuck with me my entire life. My condensed (and sanitised) version of this is "Yes my friends like to party and some are a real mess. However my friends would do anything for me if I need it. They would really do anything and its good to have those friends. Those are the friends you WANT and when you find them you don't mind their problems, you keep them as your friends, you keep them forever." If you want the director's cut version you'll have to bribe me.

There isn't nearly enough space to convey how much I love this beautiful woman! We have been friends since the end of time. We were in Daisy Girl Scouts together, friends throughout early elementary school and up, and remain best friends 'till this very day. Some of my favorite memories throughout life involve Megan. When I graduated college, I moved back home for a couple years, and Megan was my go to partner in crime those couple years that I remained in Jefferson. We spent many night dancing, drinking, and living it up at The Sandbar and Vinny's! We spent more time than what was probably necessary, but also so necessary, watching Old Gregg on repeat, and laughing equally as hard each time. Thank you for being a part of my past, present, and future. I love you so much!

I met Isaac when I was going to college in Texas. I thought he was a fun guy to be around, and I recall that he drove a 1979 VW Super Beetle. We spent many hours tinkering on it to keep it alive. He's truly been a dependable friend, and to whom I have the most respect for. When Isaac was finishing his degree at U of M, he lived with me and I learned how good of a friend he would always be. Reliable, trustworthy, and generous are words I use to describe Isaac.

Since very early on, I was convinced Melissa and I were destined to be friends! Growing up I always thought it was so cool that her name was Melissa Marie, and so was mine! We shared a first and middle name, what else did we need to become friends?!:-) We have been friends since early elementary school. We grew up, and remained friends throughout the years. We attended college together, and even became roommates. If she can put up with 2 years of living with me, surely she deserves the honor of being such an important part of my wedding!:-) I have so many amazing memories with Melissa, with the majority of them being those two years of living together. I loved coming home to her after class. We spent so many nights laughing, lounging around, putting off homework, eating junk food, and watching hours upon hours of reality TV. She's seen me at my best, and she's seen me at my worst, but she's always been there for me! I love you Schiff! Thank you for being such a wonderful representation of our name! :-)

Sara moved to Jefferson my 8th grade year. Sara and I became quick friends the summer after 8th grade. We spent a lot of time together, and our friendship continued to blossom. It was a friendship that seemed to pop out of nowhere. I can't pinpoint exactly when, or how it happened, but I definitely believed that we were supposed to meet when we did, and how we did. We remained close friends all throughout high school. I remember early morning's during basketball season, where I would go over to Sara's house so her mom could braid my hair for my basketball games. I remember attending her cheerleading competitions and dance recitals, and thinking how talented she was, and how lucky I was to have her as a friend. We drifted away throughout college a bit. She attended Milwaukee, and I attended UW Stout 5 hours away from her. Although we didn't always talk, and spent many months without seeing each other, I always considered her a close friend. Somehow, throughout the magic of the world, Sara ended up falling in love with a guy in Minneapolis, and she found herself moving up this way. We reconnected as if no time had ever been spent apart. We continue to grab happy hour together, enjoy double dating, and have been enjoying the experience of wedding planning together. I have her to thank for kicking my butt in gear, and motivating me to get into Yoga! Love you girl!

Andy and I met through work and is an exceptional software developer. Andy is, in my mind, a creator, explorer, and inventor. Everytime I talk to him he is on another fascinating adventure. His ideas varies from:- complicated and magical devices for performing arts costumes that disperse clouds of fog and emit strange eery synthesised sounds as if by magic- to self-regulating greenhouses - to building his own heavy machinery from online plans. His intellect and ideas are nothing less than wondrous and I'm proud to have him as my friend. Remember me when you're a billionaire Andy, I'll never be late with your dry cleaning! ;-)

Sarah and I have been friends since early elementary school. Sarah and I attended CCD together, which for those of you who don't know what that is, is pretty much Sunday School for Catholics, but on Wednesday night's. Sarah and I shared many laughs and memories throughout some of those classes together! She was one of the only reasons I ever looked forward to going to those classes...sorry God! :-) Sarah and I attended college together, where she became my roommate my Sophmore year. We would spend hours together in our door room eating yummy food, gossiping, and communicating via Facecbook, even when we were in the same room together. We had a mascot in our dorm room, his name was Stan, and he was our stand up fan! :-) If only Stan could talk...the stories that he would tell! Thank you Sarah for putting up with me, and sharing your Girl Scout Cookies and expensive bags of chips with me! I love you!

I also met Jim Lowell at Peoplenet as I worked directly for him for a few years. I considered Jim to be one of my best career campaign managers as he drove me to be more than I was. We share a lot of interests and I truly cherish some of the fun time we had outside of the office. In 2002 Jim, David, and I made up a nearly invincible team on a Playstation 2 game called Splinter Cell. We played it so much we had every map memorized and could use to our advantage to strategize against our opponents. As a trio we have played a few other console games and shared adventures into the sandbox game Minecraft. We don't work directly together any more but I lean on him for advice regularly for work and personal. Great friend, video game partner, father, husband, photog, and geek.

David and I met as contractors working for USBank. His sharp wit, contagious laughter, and his super hero mentality struck a chord with me and we soon grew a strong friendship. He was a person I leaned on through some rough times in my life and I learned he will always be a friend I know has my back. He gave a place to live and fed for months and never once would take a penny. He's driven across the USA when I need him, fixed my cars for me, helped me with overwhelming home projects, even secretly emptied my whole stuffed garage to build brand new shelves and benches from scratch while I was out of town. A few years into our friendship I ended working for David at a small company called PeopleNet. There we worked hard and played even harder. As our personal lives changed over the years we became best friends, roommates, video game friends, sport bike riders, Krav Maga fighters, P90X dudes, motorcycle track day pals, and box office movie buddies.

My brother, Matt, is one of the hardest working people I know. He is truly a talented businessman, charter boat captain, fisherman, mechanic, welder, hunter, skier, motocross rider, husband, and father. He had the courage to buy into, and take over, the family business when our father was preparing to retire. He (and his beautiful wife) are successful in an industry with 98% failure rate. Matt and I were closest growing up in our teen years, as he was a year and a half older than me. For a few years, we attended the same school, shared paper routes, and I absorbed his advice on cars, how to survive, and what friendships really meant.

I met Isaac when I was going to college in Texas. I thought he was a fun guy to be around, and I recall that he drove a 1979 VW Super Beetle. We spent many hours tinkering on it to keep it alive. He's truly been a dependable friend, and to whom I have the most respect for. When Isaac was finishing his degree at U of M, he lived with me and I learned some valuable insights into the inner workings of the male brain process. For example: You can ask someone to do something (mow the yard), but you will generally not be happy if you assert when you desire to have it done.