Bridesmaids

Maid of Honor: Teresa Worstell
Teresa and I met because we joined the same sorority at University of Oregon. While I don’t recall our actual first conversation, I know we quickly bonded over our shared love of our New Balance 803s. In fact there’s even a photo of just our feet from that year, shoes continue to be a shared passion. We also quickly found that we shared a similar outlook on life, finding the humor and joy in even the most mundane things. We roomed together junior year and found ourselves up late and analyzing just about every aspect of our lives, making trips to Taco Bell and studying at Sherri’s.  She keeps me updated on the latest in robot music and make up and I do my best to keep her up on pop culture while she’s in medical school at OHSU. While I’m incredibly sad that we don’t live in the same city right now, I’m incredibly proud of her.

So tough




At Kim's wedding

Bridesmaid: Kim Nicholson

I met Kim in a freshman seminar at University of Oregon called Journey to the Self. More than once I caught myself rolling my eyes at our kooky professor and was happy to see that Kim was too. She lived in the same dorm as a few other girls in my sorority who convinced her to rush sophomore year. I was delighted when Kim joined Kappa Delta and eventually became my “little sis.” I didn’t have much to teach her since Kim was older than me but the seeds of a strong friendship were sown. When I first moved up to Seattle in 2005, Kim and I were two single girls finding our way through our first apartments and first jobs outside of the comforting world of college. We’ve trained and run three half marathons together.  And, most importantly, she, along with her now husband Dan, introduced me to Joe at that Halloween party all those years ago.   

Toasting New Year's



Toasting running 13.1 miles

 


The three of us at Barn Dance 10 years ago!



Bridesmaid: Elisabeth Pisano
As her name suggests, Liz is Joseph’s younger sister. As a younger sister myself, I feel like Liz and I often understand each other. When Joe and I first started dating, I could tell that he was very close to his family and I knew it would be important to get approval from Liz, since she was the only local family Joe had.  Luckily, Liz is pretty easy to get along with. We quickly discovered that we had way more in common beyond just being little sisters – a love of all things pop culture and strikingly similar taste in TV, movies and books, a love of good food and even better drinks (if it weren’t for her I wouldn’t know what a French 75 is and that would be sad). 

Wine tasting in Oregon



Really tasting the wine