Our Bridal Party
BRIDESMAIDS
SAMIA SHAMROUKH | MAID OF HONOR
IT IS CRAZY TO ME THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN I DID NOT KNOW SAMIA. SAMIA SPEAKS MY LANGUAGE, ALWAYS SEES THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR ME WHEN I AM UNABLE TO, AND BOY DOES SHE MAKE ME LAUGH HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE CAN. FROM CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS IN PARIS, TO SOUVLA ON OUR COUCH, SAMIA IS TRULY A SISTER TO ME. SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALL OF THE IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN MY ADULT LIFE, AND NOW IS THERE FOR ALL OF THOSE IN MY LIFE WITH JOEY. WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE HER STAND BY OUR SIDE AS MY MAID OF HONOR.
BLAKELEY KOROL
WHILE BLAKELEY IS MY “COUSIN-IN-LAW” THROUGH MARRIAGE, IT DOESN’T FEEL THAT WAY. I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE BLAKELEY’S FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT, AND LOVE IN MY LIFE; SHE TRULY IS FAMILY TO ME, AND OF COURSE ONE OF POPPI’S GIRLS. NOT TO MENTION WHAT A FREAKING HOOT WE HAVE EVERY TIME WE ARE TOGETHER. THANK YOU BETHANY BEACH.
CHLOE POTASH
JOEY HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT CHLOE IS “OUR BRIDESMAID” FIRST AND FOREMOST. WHILE MOST OF THE TIME CHLOE LIKES TO REMIND ME THAT WE WEREN’T FRIENDS UNTIL THE END OF COLLEGE, I FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BUILT OUR LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP DURING OUR MOST FORMATIVE AND “GROWING UP” YEARS. SHE NEVER STOPS MAKING ME SMILE AND LAUGH, AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER FOR THE 3 PM DAILY TEXTS WITH TODAY’S RENDITION OF OUR NEXT EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
CLARE GLEESON
CLARE IS THE DEFINITION OF RIDE OR DIE. SHE IS THE ULTIMATE YES WOMAN AND BIGGEST CHEERLEADER. CLARE AND I MET IN OUR YOUTHFUL YEARS IN SF, SO FROM THE RATTY NIGHTS ON CHESTNUT, WAKING UP TO GET BREAKFAST SAMMIES FROM SAFEWAY AND THEN GROWING UP TO HAVING OUR BOUGIE DATE NIGHTS; IT'S AN HONOR TO TAKE THESE NEXT BIG STEPS TOGETHER.
ELIZA FIRN
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK TWO GREMLIN GIRLS ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF A SMELLY DORM WOULD END UP HERE. ELIZA AND I MET AT WAKE OUR FRESHMAN YEAR, AND THEN LIVED TOGETHER FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE (GOD BLESS HER FOR DEALING WITH THIS CRAZY GAL). ELIZA IS STEADFAST IN HER LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE AROUND HER AND EVEN WHEN LIFE GETS SO INTENSELY BUSY, SHE ALWAYS MAKES THE TIME TO BE THERE FOR ME AND REMIND ME OF MY STRENGTH.
JENNA MASON
FORMALLY KNOWN AS JENTINI SNORKELINI. JENNA AND I MET OUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE IN OUR 2ND FLOOR HALLWAY. THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS LIFE SHE HAS ALWAYS SHOWN ME THE BRIGHT SIDE AND HOW TO PULL MYSELF UP. AND WHEN I DON’T SEEM TO HAVE THE STRENGTH OR COURAGE TO DO SO, SHE PICKS ME UP FOR ME. I AM SO PROUD OF THE WOMAN SHE HAS BECOME, AND NOW THE NEWEST TITLE OF MAMA TO MY PERFECT NIECE.
KATHERINE KOROL
I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE GROWN UP WITH A BABY COUSIN, AND NOW MORE LIKE A YOUNGER SISTER, TO NAVIGATE LIFE WITH. WE WILL FOREVER BE BOUND AS POPPI’S GIRLS. SHE HAS ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO KEEP IT REAL AND IN THE MOST RANDOM OF TIMES SHE MANAGES TO THROW DOWN MUCH NEEDED ADVICE, WISE BEYOND HER YEARS.
KELSEY WESSELS
KELSEY AND I MET DURING OUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE AND JOINED THE SAME SORORITY. IT WAS CLEAR SHE WAS GOING TO BE A LIFELONG FRIEND TO ME SIMPLY BY HOW EASY IT WAS TO BE HER FRIEND. FROM THE GAB SESSIONS IN HER DORM ROOM, THE CARTONS OF INDIAN FOOD IN OUR LONDON FLAT, TO SOMEHOW STILL FINDING THE WILD NIGHTS IN OUR ADULTHOOD, SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN AND CAN’T IMAGINE THIS DAY WITHOUT HER.
LEXI GOLLINKOFF
AKA SHMEXALA. TO HAVE LEXI STANDING NEXT TO ME ON MY WEDDING DAY IS PRETTY SURREAL, OUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE WE WOULD TALK AND DREAM ABOUT OUR WEDDING DAYS TOGETHER. WE ALWAYS JOKE THAT WE ARE “PARALLEL LIFE PARTNERS” BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR BIG LIFE MOMENTS, TRANSITIONS, CELEBRATIONS, AND CHALLENGES HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE SAME TIMELINE (LITERALLY SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE SAME MONTH ). SHE IS MY PERSON, ROCK, AND STONE COLD WEIRDO AND SO EXCITED TO SHARE THE BEGINNING OF OUR MARRIAGES TOGETHER.
MADELINE BUSH
MY OTHER HALF OF THE BABY COUSIN-SISTER-BEST FRIEND ALONG WITH SHARING BEING A POPPI’S GIRL. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS YOUNGER THAN ME, SHE SOMEHOW HAS ACTED LIKE AN OLDER SISTER TO ME. THE WAY SHE SHOWS UP FOR HER PARTNER AND FAMILY, THE WAY SHE LOVES SO STRONGLY, AND THE WAY THAT SHE CAN THROW HER HEAD BACK AND LAUGH AT IT ALL. I AM LUCKY TO FOLLOW IN ANY OF THE FOOTSTEPS YOU CREATE.
NAVINA GRIEVE (THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS BERNARDI)
IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE JOEY’S LITTLE SISTER STAND NEXT TO US ON OUR BIG DAY. WE ALL KNOW THAT JOEY AND NAVINA ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE, SO IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE I MET FROM THE BERNARDI FAMILY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DATING. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, WE WERE BENT OVER LAUGHING AND GOSSIPING ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT. SHE HAS SHOWN ME HOW TO BE CAREFREE WHILE ALSO STEADFASTLY SUPPORTING EVERYONE IN HER CORNER. IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN BECOMING FAMILY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WILD LIFE WITH NAVS.
OLIVIA BAUER
I DON’T KNOW WHAT COSMIC OR KARMIC FORCE OUT THERE LANDED THE TWO OF US TO BE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF OUR FIRST JOBS, BUT I THANK MY LUCKY STARS THAT IT HAPPENED. WE MOVED INTO OUR FIRST SAN FRANCISCO APARTMENT TOGETHER AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. NO MATTER THE ZIP CODE, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY CORNER AND I WILL BE IN HERS. OLIVIA IS THE GREATEST FRIEND A GAL COULD ASK FOR.
SANDY SHRIVER
SANDY AND I MET OUR FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE, BUT REALLY BECAME THE BEST FRIENDS WE ARE TODAY WHEN WE LIVED TOGETHER POST GRAD. SANDY LOVES SO DEEPLY, SUPPORTS SO STRONGLY, AND ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY. NO MATTER THE TIME OR SPACE, SANDY I KNOW IS ALWAYS JUST A CALL AWAY AND I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HER IN MY LIFE.
SOPHIE CAIN
SOPHIE AND I MET WHEN WE WERE 13 AS TWO FRIZZY HAIRED SOCCER PLAYERS. WHILE WE DID NOT GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL GROWING UP, SOPHIE IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE HOME. SHE HELPED ME FIND MY PLACE ON THAT SCRAPPY SOCCER TEAM, SUPPORTED ME FROM AFAR IN COLLEGE, SCOOPED ME UP DURING A SCARY TIME IN MY LIFE AND EMBRACED ME WITH HER FRIENDS IN A NEW CITY. AND WHILE COOPED UP IN OUR APARTMENT DURING COVID, WE HAPPENED TO FIND LOVE AT THE SAME TIME. I AM THRILLED THAT SHE IS STANDING NEXT TO JOEY AND I, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO STAND NEXT TO HER IN OCTOBER.
GROOMSMEN
JEFF RANDEL | BEST MAN
OR BETTER KNOWN AS JEFE… IT STARTED IN SECOND GRADE WITH A LOVE OF GUMMY WORMS AND HOCKEY. JEFF WAS GIVEN A SET OF GOALIE PADS AND A HOCKEY NET TOWARDS THE END OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND EVEN WHEN WE WOULD COME HOME FROM COLLEGE TRIPLE IN SIZE, THAT SAME SET OF PADS, HELD TOGETHER BY DUCT TAPE AND THE HOLEY NET, WAS USED. LIVING IN DIFFERENT STATES, AND EVEN COUNTRIES, NEVER SEPARATED THE TWO OF US, AND AT THIS POINT, I DON’T THINK ANYTHING CAN.
NICHOLAS BRESKA | BEST MAN
WHILE WE BOTH WENT TO DE LA SALLE, OUR FRIENDSHIP REALLY BLOSSOMED WHEN WE STUDIED ENGINEERING AT SANTA CLARA. AFTER LIVING TOGETHER FOR 12+ YEARS, THE ADVENTURES OF NICK AND JOEY ARE NEARLY ENDLESS. FROM SHASTA TO EURO TRIPS, GOING SKIING MORE THAN STUDYING IN THE WINTER TO LITERALLY OWNING A HOUSE TOGETHER, THE NIGHTS WE CAN'T REMEMBER, TO THE STORIES WE WILL NEVER FORGET, NICK AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. WHILE I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING HIS BEST MAN, HE TRULY IS ONE OF THE BEST MEN I KNOW.
CHARLES GRIEVE III
EVEN THOUGH HE IS A COWBOYS FAN, WE STILL LOVE HIM! THE NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER FOR THE BERNARDIS, CHARLES IS THE KING OF ONE-LINERS AND PUNS. CHARLES FITS INTO OUR FAMILY LIKE A GLOVE; HE IS SUCH AN EASY PERSON TO TALK TO, AND THE WAY HE TAKES CARE OF NAVINA IS THE SAME WAY HE CARES FOR ANYONE IN HIS CIRCLE. I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE MY NEWEST BROTHER-IN-LAW AS A GROOMSMAN.
ANDREW DE LA MARE
THE WORLD-FAMOUS CAPTAIN OF THE SHASTA CREW, AND OF COURSE, I HAVE TO MENTION MY FELLOW ITALIAN BROTHER, ANDREW, WHO IS ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE TO SAY 'I AM IN.' WITH 12 YEARS OF CAMPING TRIPS, BEING A 4TH OF JULY PLANNER EXTRAORDINAIRE, AND MORE LEGENDARY TAHOE TRIPS THAN I CAN COUNT, MY FRIENDSHIP WITH ANDREW ONLY CONTINUES TO GROW TRIP BY EXCITING TRIP.
CHELSEA UNEMORI
IF I COULD SUM UP MY FRIENDSHIP WITH CHELS IN TWO WORDS, SHE IS THE ULTIMATE HOMIE. CHELSEA COULD HAVE THE MOST BEST FRIENDS OUT OF ANYONE I KNOW, AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE TYPE OF PERSON SHE IS. CHELS AND I STUDIED ENGINEERING TOGETHER AT SANTA CLARA AND ENDED UP WORKING AT THE SAME FIRM FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS. OUR MOST FAMOUS SAYING IS 'HHYH,' WHICH IS THE TEXT WE WOULD SEND TO EACH OTHER NEARLY EVERY TUESDAY, MEANING WE WOULD BE AT YARD HOUSE AT 5 PM READY TO VENT AND TALK ABOUT LIFE.
GILBERT SIMONETTI IV
AS ANYONE COULD SUSPECT, THIS WAS THE FIRST FAMILY MEMBER I MET OF SARAH'S. SARAH HATES THAT I SAY THIS, BUT HE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I KNOW. HE FINDS HUMOR IN EVERYTHING, IS A TRUE SPORTS NUT, AND THE MOMENT YOU MEET HIM, YOU CAN TELL HE IS A TRUE GENTLEMAN (AND A VERY PROTECTIVE BROTHER AT THAT). I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE MAKING MEMORIES WITH MY FUTURE BROTHER-IN-LAW AND BECOME A PART OF HIS FAMILY.
LOGAN O’DEA
AS A DE LA SALLE BROTHER, OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AS WE'VE GOTTEN OLDER. FROM PAINTING OUR FACES GREEN AND SILVER FOR FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS TO TAHOE TRIPS, AND WATCHING HIM BECOME A COOL DAD, I LOVE HOW LOGAN AND TIFF HAVE EMBRACED SARAH AS THEIR OWN AND HAVE SEEN OUR FAMILIES GROW CLOSER DESPITE THE DISTANCE FROM SAN JOSE TO BOZEMAN.
MATEO ZELAYA
MY COUSIN MATEO IS TRULY A ROLE MODEL FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING I DO IN LIFE. HE GIVES THE WARMEST EMBRACES, SHOWS UP TO ANYTHING WITH THE MOST POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND IS ALWAYS READY TO GEEK OUT WITH ME ON ANYTHING MARVEL. IT'S ALWAYS A BLAST WHEN MATEO, SARAH, AND I HANG OUT, AS PROVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST EPIC TRIPS TO DISNEYLAND EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MICHAEL BERNARDI
AS MY YOUNGEST BERNARDI COUSIN, MICHAEL'S TITLE IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF 'BROTHER.' MOST OF MY CRAZY STORIES GROWING UP, MICHAEL WAS THERE FOR. HE REALLY IS ONE OF THE MOST EASYGOING, FUNNY, AND KIND-HEARTED PEOPLE I KNOW. THERE WAS NO DOUBT HE WOULD BE THE SAME WAY WITH SARAH, AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TAKING SHAPE THE SAME WAY MINE IS WITH HIM.
MIKELL WARMS
ANOTHER CHERISHED MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS SHASTA CREW, MIKELL HAS A LAUGH THAT IS INFECTIOUS. HIS STORIES ARE ONE OF A KIND, AND HE IS ONE OF THE MOST JOYFUL PEOPLE TO BE AROUND. OUR BROTHERHOOD JUST KEEPS GROWING WITH OUR LOVE OF WINTER SPORTS. MIKELL HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN NONNA'S HEART; DURING OUR ANNUAL SANTA CLARA DINNER TRIP TO HER HOUSE, HE ALWAYS FOUND THE TIME TO GIVE ENDLESS COMPLIMENTS TO MY GRANNY GOOSE.
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