Saying goodbye to the single life...

This weekend, Robert and I had our bachelor and bachelorette parties.  I won't go into all the details other than saying, we had a lot of fun!

Spending time with all my bridesmaids made me decide to tell all my readers about the girls I picked, and what I know of the guys that Robert.  Each of them represents a certain aspect of our lives, so enjoy!

My Matron-of Honor is my former neighbor and mother of my goddaughter.  Laetitia and I met when I was in high school and her and her husband had just moved across the street.  We became close friends and I was their go-to babysitter when they had their first child, Max.  Over the years, we got as close as sisters and it was an obvious choice for me to ask her to hold this position in my wedding.  She jumped on the chance with a lot of enthusiasm and has been a big help.

Adena Demonte and I met 6 years ago when she started dating one of my best friends, Dan.  She represents the theatrical side of me.  We've directed multiple shows together, laughed, cried and drank...a lot...together.  She is always traveling now with her job, but I know that when we do get to see each other, it will be like no time has passed at all.

Narineh Ferderer represents the high school part of my life.  She was a year ahead of me, but we had a close knit group of friends that hung out at the C-Wing at Woodside High.  When she left for college, we lost touch with each other, but a few years later, reconnected and became best friends.  We are both book nerds.  I had the honor of helping her and her husband, Chris, plan their wedding and doing the flowers for them.  Now I get to watch them as their little family grows!

Becca Ohlin is probably my longest lasting friendship.  We've know each other since, well...she waved "hi" at my sonogram?  We were raised in Redwood City at PCC and even though she moved all the way to Vacaville, we are still as close as ever.  She is a goof ball, but one of the sweetest most genuine people I've ever met.

Brandi Minter represents the dance part of my life.  We met in second grade when her mom started teaching at the school I was going to.  We became inseparable and would spend our summers together watching Nickelodeon, while her mom was teaching summer school.  We were on the dance team together at PCC and choreographed many many dances for church and for fun.  I accompanied her to LA when she auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance, and now I teach with her at Community Street Jam.  She is funny, extremely talented and a great friend.

Jen Driver is my cousin, so obviously she is the family representative.  We grew up playing games like "Pretty Pretty Princess", and have always been pretty close.  She is a bundle of energy, very intelligent and an over-all amazing person.

Robyn Stuart is another life-long friend.  Her dad and my dad went to San Jose State together and all the college friends and their families would spend Memorial Day Weekend together every year.  She was several years older than I, so I was always in awe of her beautiful curly hair, and how cool she was.  Out of all of the kids from that group, the two of us have stayed in touch, and I couldn't imagine not having her standing up there with me.  She is beautiful, talented, smart and extremely kind.

I've known Stacey Sondy since she was born.  I was always very protective of her and I look at her as if she were my younger sister.  I had the honor of being in her wedding last year, and just had to have her share in my day as well.  She has gone through a lot in her young life, but she is one of the strongest people I know.

On to Roberts side.  I don't know as much about them as I do about my own girls, but here it goes...

Michael Taylor is Roberts vocal coach and his Best Man.   They have been working together since before he and I met, and they both share the same sense of humor.  Michael has a great big laugh that you can hear from miles away, and he is an incredibly talented performer.  I know he was really excited when Robert chose him to be his Best Man.

Dan Aden is having a bro-mance with Robert.  They met at Google and discovered they both went to the same college at different times.  Dan's wife, Melissa and I sit back and watch our men's shenanigans with lots of eye rolls.  He and Rob are two peas in a pod and get into so much trouble together.  Somewhere on the Google campus, there is a concrete bust of an Android that the two put together.  Drive around and see if you can find it!

Joe Dowd is one of Roberts Cal Poly roommates.  I don't know half the things they did in college, and I probably don't want to know most of them!

The last two on Roberts side is his brother, Ryan, and my brother, Jonathan.  I have to give a shout out to Ryan for how helpful he has been during this planning process!  My brother got a long with Robert as soon as they met.  Not sure what else to say about the brothers!

So that is our wedding party.  A lot of great friends and great memories with all of them.  11 days left!  Things are coming along!  Just a few more details to iron out and we are good to go!  Looking forward to partying with everyone!