I was lucky enough to be given a built-in best friend in this girl. Christina is my little sister and my favorite human in the world (sorry Hayden.) There are endless things to say about this girl, but know that I am inspired by her everyday. She is currently attending UF for pre-med and is a genius. Chris, thank you for the many laughs, inside jokes, cut-throat advice, and the decision to spend this day with me.

Amber and I first met at our Summer nights orientation at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 2014, and she has been ride or die ever since on and off the stage. I have had the joy of working with Amber in multiple shows and roles at various theme parks (she is magic on the stage), but I’ve been even more blessed to have her as one of my best friends. She is one of the most passionate, talented, genuine humans I have ever met. She is the first person to celebrate the joys, help you through the struggles, and bring pineapple to your doorstep on particularly hard days. Thank you for everything that you do and for helping me celebrate this day!

Shanna and I met during Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in 2016 and became friends almost instantly. Shanna makes up ¼ of “the squad” (also consisting of Amber and Jeffrey) after the four of us were randomly grouped together during that first year together. Since then, Shanna has been there for me through the laughs, the tears, the Disney dates, and, of course, a million squad nights. Shanna is a performer and one of the best singers I have ever heard (please ask her to sing something, for me). On top of that, Shanna is a beautiful person inside and out and one of the sweetest souls in existence. I’m very excited she is part of our big day!

To get back to the start of my friendship with Alyssa, let’s bring it back to 2003 where we first met at Tropical Elementary. The first year of knowing each other was spent with me not liking her because she picked the same book as me to do a book report on (I have always been a little dramatic). Thank goodness we were able to put all of that behind us in the fifth grade as Alyssa became my best friend. Together we survived student government nominations in elementary school, all of the awkwardness and puberty in middle school, countless numbers of sleepovers with zero sleep, crushes, heartbreak, concerts, Warped Tours, and now a wedding! Thank you so so much for being part of this day!

Sabrina and I met our freshman year at USF when we were assigned as random roommates. I was shy initially and kept myself locked in my room the first few days, but at some point, Sabrina forced me to be social. We soon learned that we were both majoring in creative writing and had a few classes in common. Over the next few months of that first year, we would learn that we had an abnormal number of things in common and decided that Jesus had to have had a plan to bring us together. Throughout our college years, we would come to found an official book club together on campus, attend the same campus ministry, take up an additional major of psychology, spend countless nights not sleeping and binge watching the Office, take basically an identical course schedule, cry a lot in front of each, cry a lot from laughing so hard, graduate Summa Cum Laude together (humble brag), and go on many, many adventures. There’s an endless list of things to thank her for, but for now, I say thanks for always being there for me, especially on a day like this.

Jeffrey is 100% an angel and the world doesn’t deserve him. That said, he also came into my life during the 2016 season of Howl-O-Scream, and I am so grateful he did. There is an exhaustive list of all that Jeffrey has done for me, which will not be disclosed here for the purpose of brevity, but anyone who has come in contact with him will attest to his seemingly endless generosity and caring. Over the years, Jeffrey has become a best friend to Hayden and myself, my roommate, and uncle to my fur babies. Jeffrey, thank you for the movie nights, the music sessions, the hippie talks, and, of course, for being a HUGE part of our wedding.