Meet the Ladies

Ariana Romio

Maid of Honor
Jessica and Ari are sisters and having Ari as her maid of honor wasn’t even a question. Even though they don’t currently live in the same city, they have always remained close and they never fail to share the latest Real Housewives news. Any time Ari comes home to San Diego, it ends up being a great time. Jessica can’t wait to have Ari as her maid of honor and knows that she’ll help keep her sane throughout all of the planning.

Erica Lohrenz

Bridesmaid
Erica and Jessica met in a 5th grade math class when they were forced to sit at a table with a bunch of annoying boys. From then on they became best friends and have survived the many ups and downs of friendship and growing up together. Now that they live in the same city again, they enjoy doing all the same things they always did growing up, watching reality tv and playing video games.

Andrea Solano

Bridesmaid
Andrea and Jessica are cousins who bond over their love of Taylor Swift and celebrity gossip. They love going to concerts and music festivals together and Andrea is the only person who Jessica can occasionally get to go to country concerts with her. Jessica always has a great time with her cousin...especially if Lime-a-Rita’s are involved.

Anabelle McGoodwin

Bridesmaid
Anabelle is Jessica’s older cousin and despite their small age gap, the two have always remained close. Growing up, Anabelle was like a big sister to Jessica and she often picked her up from middle school and would take her to the mall or movie theater. Now that Anabelle lives in Chicago, Anabelle still takes Jessica around the city when she goes to visit.

Meghan Berry

Bridesmaid
Although they had known each other from Religious Education classes growing up, it wasn’t until the bond of middle school band class where Meghan and Jessica really became friends. Their friendship continued throughout high school and college even though they didn’t go to the same school and although Meghan is currently living in Florida, their friendship continues today.

Carla Solano

Bridesmaid
Carla is Jessica’s younger cousin and although they don’t always get to see each other as much as they’d like to, they always have a great time when they do. They love to meet up for drinks and often get competitive over bar games like The Hook and Ring Game.

Cassie Ho

Bridesmaid
Cassie and Jessica met in the 6th grade and have been friends ever since. They went to the same high school together and remained friends throughout college and Cassie’s many travels around the world. Because she’s a gemologist and a close friend, Ryan knew exactly who to call when he decided to propose. Cassie helped create Jessica’s beautiful ring which she loves.

Meet the Gents

Adam Klumph
Best Man
Adam is Ryan's older brother by twelve years. Although this age difference was quite extreme growing up (one starting kindergarten while the other was graduating high school), as adults they have grown closer and closer as time goes on. Adam is always in the mood to meet up at a brewery, go to a baseball game/supercross/nascar race/etc. with Jessica and Ryan. It was a no-brainer for Ryan to ask Adam to be his best man, and we all know he will be the life of the party throughout the whole wedding process all the way through the reception.

Nate BeuMaher

Groomsman
Ryan and Nate have been best friends since roughly first grade. It was a simple, "Hey, do you wanna be my friend?" "Yeah", "Okay, cool." And from then on they spent free time over at each other's houses playing in the yard or staying up all night playing video games nearly every week from then until high school. The only time they didn't hang out quite as much was during college because they attended different schools and it became a little less practical, however now as time as gone on they returned to hanging out and spending time together once again. As such great friends, it was another very obvious decision for Ryan to ask Nate to be one of his groomsmen.

Garrett Reinicke

Groomsman
Garrett and Ryan were at the same high school but only vaguely knew of each other at that time. They only finally crossed paths at a high school graduation party where Nate introduced them to each other and they discovered that they were both going to SDSU in the fall and were both declaring the same major. They also discovered many similar interests and have been great friends ever since. Garrett is one of the most genuine and funny people you'll ever meet. He is always willing to help you with any problems you might have and even if he doesn't know the solution, he'll spend the time right alongside you figuring it out. For these reasons and many more, he was yet another very easy choice to add to Ryan's side of the wedding party and we all know that he'll keep things interesting and will help to solve any issues, should they arise.

Sheldon Anderson

Groomsman
Sheldon is one of Ryan's older cousins, and being so, he has known Ryan his whole life. Though they weren't extremely close until recently, Ryan can still recall times that he'd go over to Sheldon's house for family events and would just hang out and play video games or check out the cool collectibles that he had. Over the past few years, basically since Ryan has been in college and beyond, they have been hanging out much more frequently. Sheldon is always down to meet up with Ryan and Jessica at a brewery, party at somebody's house for a birthday, or just hang out and catch up on life. Sheldon was an easy choice as one of Ryan's groomsmen as well because of these and many other reasons, and we know he'll ensure that the good times continue on throughout the wedding festivities and even after they all become memories.

Kevin Crum

Groomsman
Kevin and Ryan both knew of each other throughout high school but never really crossed paths much or even really became friends until their college courses converged together on their paths to earning mechanical engineering degrees from SDSU. Kevin is always ready to go when somebody in the group makes plans and he is always dependable when you need a helping hand. He is one of the core group of friends that Ryan has been with since the beginning of college, and along with the others, he was also a pretty obvious choice when Ryan began filling up his side of the wedding party and we know he'll be there to help with anything needed throughout the whole wedding process.

Dylan Zaldivar

Groomsman
Dylan is easily one of the most generous and thoughtful friends that anybody could ask for. He would literally give you the shirt off of his back and then ask if you needed anything else afterwards that might make you more comfortable as well. Him and Ryan also met in their college courses moving along the path to mechanical engineering degrees at SDSU and during that time they spent countless hours studying in the library or over at Garrett's house working on homework assignments for the tougher classes. He is easily one of the nicest and most dependable people you'll ever meet and not only for that reason, but for many others, he was yet another easy choice to add to Ryan's side of the wedding party. He'll ensure that everybody has a great time and that anybody who needs help with something will have an extra hand.

Anthony Grisaffi

Groomsman
This guy.. Anthony is a co-worker and friend of Jessica's from two previous jobs, but after hanging out with Jessica and Ryan together many times, he and Ryan began to become even closer friends to the point that they'll help each other with favors and are always trying to hang out whenever possible. Anthony is not only a truly great friend to have around, but is also an amazing father to his son. If ever the time may come for Ryan and Jessica to have children, Anthony will most certainly be a model parent and close friend for them to come to for tips on raising a happy child. Anthony was yet another easy choice for Ryan to ask to be one of his groomsmen for the reasons previously mentioned and so many more.

Our I-Do Crew

Evelin Mendoza

Lector
Jessica and Evelin met in college and instantly bonded over their love of going out and having fun. Although there are many things they disagree on (Evelin remains a Chargers fan, dislikes Taylor Swift, and seems to think Jaegermeister tastes good), that never stops them from having a good time. Evelin, Ryan, and Jessica enjoy going to various music festivals, meeting up at breweries, and the occasional trip out to PB.

Chanel Sijalbo

Lector
Chanel and Jessica met when they became roommates as college freshmen. Because they got along so well, they continued living as roommates throughout college and even went on various road trips together. Ryan, Chanel, and Jessica now love meeting up to try new beers or going to Padres/Gulls/Aztecs games. One day Chanel will show them around the island she grew up on, Maui.

Eduardo Venegas

Lector
Eddie is the little brother Jessica never had. As cousins, they spent many summers together playing GameCube at their grandparents house and reading Harry Potter books. When hanging out all together, Ryan, Jessica, and Eddie love to play and talk about video games and listen to their favorite rapper, Lalo V.