Raquel is the sister of the Bride. She is Nicole's built in best friend and the person she look up to most. Nicole was Raquel's Maid of honor at her wedding in 2022, and not only is Raquel the Matron of Honor, but she has also accepted the Bride and Groom's request to be the wedding officant and will be marrying them.

Nicole and her family moved into our neighborhood in 2001. Given we had the same name and lived a quick 20 second walk down the street from one other - the Nicoles were destined to be best friends for life. They have been friends for 23 years now and have a lifetime of more memories to make.

Neptaly and Nicole met in the Barnes and Noble Cafe in 2016. They went from coworkers to best friends pretty quickly. Nicole was a bridesmaid in Neptaly’s wedding and got to witness her and her husband, Eric, bring their beautiful babygirl into the world.

Maya and I met in homeroom our Freshman year of high school. She didn't love the fact that I would slam my chair on her desk when she sat behind me - but she got over that pretty quickly and the rest is history. We have gone through so many stages of life as best friends together, from obsessing over popstars to planning for a wedding.

Bowen and Tommy met when they were 4 and 5 at the Alpine Community Center and have probably never gone more than 2-3 days without speaking.

Cameron and Bowen met on Playstation in 2016. They continued their long distance friendship until 2023, when Cam finally moved from the Bay Area to San Diego.

Mason is the older brother of the groom and Bowen's best friend (since birth). From diapers to tuxedos they have always shared a special bond from years of doing sports together, playing video games non stop together, building and troubleshooting PCs together (basically anything that is stereotypically nerdy together). Then they moved out together which allowed all of that to continue everyday, even sometimes to the chagrin of Nicole and Cam...

Hayden and Bowen went from playing Super Smash Bros in Mason's old room to practicing Jiu Jitsu in Kenny's garage 8 years later. Sharing a love for going out to eat, game nights and making fun of each other, there is no shortage of good memories.