Pennie is my nephew's Alex's wife. She is one of my best friends she is the life of the party, fun, outgoing, gorgeous, planner, ambitious hard worker and blessed to have her by my side on my big day.

Alex is my nephew, one of my closest family members. My father passed away and he will be doing me the honor of walking me down the aisle and giving me away.

Tricia is one of my good girl friends we get together every Wednesday watch trash tv, chat and eat - Girls Night". She is one of the few that can put up with my sarcasm, and directness. Over the years she enjoyed hearing about my tragic dating experiences which I'm sure is already missed.

Maribel is my older sister, closest in age of all my siblings we grew up together. She is smart, loving, creative talented artist. Growing up she would help me with my academics playing school with me to help me learn.

Eme is Dave's daughter we have a great relationship she has been supportive from Day 1 she told him to shi** or get off the pot so here we are. She is beautiful spunky, sweet, young lady. I'm blessed to have her as my step daughter.

Jacob also known as "Moose" is my son. Jacob and I have an amazing relationship and an unbreakable bond. I have had the honor of sharing the football field with him for the last 7 years. I am blessed and honored to have my son as my best man.

Wes is one of my closest friends. A man I consider a brother. Wes welcomed me into his home for 6 months following the divorce. Wes and I share a love of delicious craft beer and football. We spent a lot of time enjoying craft beer, football and Fortnite with the kids for some amazing memories during those 6 months! We still send beer pictures to each other with our signature "Cheers MF!!!!!" We have coached football together for 7 years.

Ricky also known as "Brownie" is my cousin, one of my closest friends and a man I consider my brother. Ricky and I grew up with a love of going to the gym, hometown sports and relentlessly making fun of each other! Ricky has a great relationship with Eme and Jacob. Ricky recently joined my love of cars buy buying a Challenger Scat Pack... Scat Pack cruises are coming this spring!

Dan is my brother and the first person I introduced Maria to. He has been a supporter of us since day 1. We all lived in the same building in Tuscan village and did a bunch of fun things together. From Thursday night Trivia at the 99, long days hanging by the pool, having combined dinners to even running 5k's together. We named ourselves "The Tuscateers" and we left our mark wherever we went!

Jorge is one of my closest friends and a man I consider a brother. I have known Jorge since 2005. He is a former student of mine and we have worked together at Lawrence Pumps and at Greater Lawrence Tech. Jorge and I have coached football together for 5 years. We consider Jorge, Shanice, Nayhvian and Celine members of our family.