ALISON LUMB
My BF since we were 5 years old. First school, first job, first boyfriend, first hangover, first car, first holiday sans parents., first baby.....you get the idea! A lifetime of love, laughs and tears, BF's FOREVER!
LAURA PITCHER
Gorgeous fashionista wife of my little brother Elliott and brilliant mum to our gorgeous little Willow
SUSANNAH EASY
During my sixth form at St Georges School Sooz and I became inseparable and we bombed around in her Hyundai Pony smoking endlessly and singing at the top of our lungs. We've had too many hilarious adventures together that I wouldn't even know where to start. Below is a picture of us in Cyprus after spending our last scrap of cash (literally) on day 3 of of a 14 day holiday on these fabulous glitter wigs!
AMY MANN
Three years ago Amy asked me to read a poem at her wedding in England. Whilst I was honoured I was also petrified as public speaking/emotion really isn’t my cup of tea. But I decided to get over myself and practiced the poem everyday for 2 weeks. Then of course on the day I read/cried my way through the poem in front of 100+ guests. I wouldn’t do this for anyone but for my soulful, caring and hot mumma friend I’d do (almost) anything.
SIOBHAN O'DONOGHUE
Siobhan and I met when I was 17 whilst working in the cafe at the local leisure centre! Whilst serving up wholesome meals to our delightful customers we'd be cracking up and plotting to take off and travel the world together. A year or so later we hung up our greasy aprons and headed to the highly glamorous Kavos resort to work the summer season. Thems were the days!
NICOLE PITCHER SCOTT
Nic-Knock is my BIG sister in lots of ways, not only is she older but she also very pregnant with twins and I couldn't be happier for her and James! This also might be the only time in my entire life that I am thinner than her!
TONI MCPHERSON
Boni Toni is my super sexy cousin and wonderful mum to my God-daughter Lilly. Tone is super handy when it comes to wedding as she is the queen of arts and crafts and cake making (hint-hint).
ABBIE WALSH
Abs and I met at school when we were eleven and we've ALWAYS had such a sweet and special friendship. It doesn't matter if we haven't seen each other for months and we can just pick up the phone and chew the fat for hours! I'll definitely be wearing an Abbie Walsh creation on my wedding day(\(\(\(s)!
REBECCA SYKES
Bekki and I met in Poland two years ago at one of my work events, my boss told me to convince her to work for us and I'm SO glad I did. Since then Bekki has been such a fun and wonderful friend, what that girl doesn't know about me isn't worth knowing. She's a true friend and one I know I'll be friends with forever.
CHERYL WALDOCK
I've known Cheryl for about ten years now and only recently she said "is your surname Pritchard?" this girl is one of a kind, SUPER modest with has kindest heart. She also just secretly married Paul Brian Waldock and I couldn't be happier for them both. xx
BETH ALLEN
I was introduced to Beth because she was my ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend, so I naturally wanted to hate her guts but instead I kinda developed a girl crush... I guess Vallers did have good taste ;) I'm so excited for our mini Ricky reunion!!
LOUISE GARDNER
Lou is my other cousin and sister to Toni. The Gardner and Pitcher cousins have grown up together and I couldn't imagine getting married without them all there. Lou is currently backpacking around China so I hope she gets this message!
CLARA ARANOVICH
Clara is a new-ish friend to me but an old USC BF to Raul and also my second favourite Argie of all time. Clara quite simply is part of our family and we love her very much.
POSSE
American weddings and English wedding are really kinda diffrent so neither wedding will have a traditional "party" so to speak. As we also have two weddngs which makes it tricky to pick one set of bridesmaids and groomsmen who can attend everything.
Here is our list of new and old buddies who are the cream of our crop and we have nominated to dress coordinatedly, help blow up balloons, make sure everyone's drinks are topped up, and most importantly to keep the dance party hot.
PARENTS
We're excited to celebrate and introduce you to our AMAZING parents - The OG Gangstas.
Val and Phil Pitcher
Gabriela and Raúl Fernández
NAT'S MAIN SQUEEZES
RAUL'S BEST MATES
LUCAS FERNÁNDEZ
The Judicial Branch. Luke was and is the definition of big brother. Way to cool to hang out with me, but just cool enough to protect me from bullies like my other brother, Javi. True story, one time when I was very young, I was pushed into a pool and sunk to the bottom. Without hesitation, he dived in and save my life, so the legend goes.
JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ
The Legislative Branch. This political metaphor isn't really working, but go with me. As mentioned above, Javi used to kick my ass every opportunity he could. Now he's an inch shorter than me and can't grow facial hair.
So you know, I win.
MARIANA FERNÁNDEZ
No, she's not a boy. Sorry, I'm a very progressive groom. You ever seen Yentl? It worked for Barbara, so here we go.
Mari is getting two weeks before me and has been amazing to plan our weddings in parallel and help each other along the way. Mari never tried to beat me up when we were younger, so she's cool with me.
GREG KALLICHE
I met Greg on the first day of High School. "Hey? Do you like the Simpsons" "Heck yes." "Let's be friends forever."
He is arguably the only reason I pursued film as a college degree, and therefore, I kind of owe him everything.
We invented the greatest way to kill some time known as the "Laugh, Don't Laugh" game. Try it. It's the best.
ROD HASSLER
Karl Rodmyre Hassler. The one and only. What can be said about Rod that hasn't already been said? Nothing.
His family took me in as a son and without him, I would never know what Minnesota is like in all seasons.
CARLOS GARCIA
My first real job was as a cashier at a Winn-Dixie supermarket in South Florida. Carlos was my favorite bag boy.
We tried to work as little as possible. A few back Carlos won a radio contest by doing the best Mexican "Ay ay ay!" and was given four tickets with hotel to Cancun. He brought his girlfriend, his sister, and me. Gooood times.
ERIC DOBRZANSKI
First day of high school. My mom signed up for a carpool program with two other neighboring kids. I got picked up in a Dodge Neon by Eric and his dad. I remember thinking, "Eric smells kind of like tomato sauce." They say smell is the strongest trigger to memory. Sorry Eric, but you'll always be tomato man to me.
ADAM FRATUS
The newest friendship in the bunch. Adam came in and worked on set for me on his first day in Los Angeles for free.
Like a chump. Two days before his wedding, I organized a dirt biking bachelor party. Of the eight or so guys that day, Adam is the only one who came back cut and bruised. A secret he didn't tell his wife until their wedding night.
LANCE KUHNS
Friend. Collaborator. Roommate. The holy trinity of sorts. It'll be pretty strange to not live with him at the end of this year. Stay golden pony boy. "As we go on, we'll remember, all the times we, had together..."
NICK WENGER
If Nick had a dollar for every time I fell asleep on his couch... he'd probably have like $42. What started as a collaboration over some video work, has turned into arguably my closest professional parnership. That being said, we are also close non-professionally, if you know what I mean. He was also in France when I first met Natalie.
KEVIN MURRAY
Still in my phone as "Kevon," it's been amazing to have you back in my life. What a sweet turn of events. You and Natalie have this weird obsession with each other that makes me very happy. Thank you for being a great roommate and son. Just don't watch so much reality television, it will rot your brain.
MICHAEL KLEIN
There are few people that can say, "I once sucked the air out of a ziplock bag filled with Raúl's underpants."
If that's not love, I don't know what is. Mike is the kind of guy that will be there when you need him, always.
His relationships are selfless and his generosity is inspiring. He was also hiding in a closet during my proposal.
SANJIV SOLANKI
Big man on campus. The brown bear. If I ever need a laugh, Jeeves is the man to provide the funny. Or worse case, he'll come over and just laugh at his own jokes with his sound library quality chuckle. You can't help but feel better.
