The Men of the Mille Wedding

So after bugging Jeff for months and months he has FINALLY asked all of his groomsmen to be in our wedding.... and now Jeff gets to write a blog entry!!

This will be my first and only time I am allowed to write anything on this and I will try to not be too brief with my descriptions...

Best Man: Christo Wille

Christo is my Brother and I met him in 1992 when he was born, we have known each other longer than any of my other groomsmen and I am excited to have him as my Best Man for our wedding. He is a Junior in College at University of Arizona and is majoring in Business (like his older, wiser brother did). Christo enjoys doing whatever people do in Tucson (Sorry to anyone who lives in Tucson), attending concerts and hanging out with his fraternity brothers.

Groomsman: Buki (AKA Matthew Yabuki)

Buki has been one of my roommates/housemates for the last two years and has become one of my closest friends from College. I met Buki my freshman year when I had bought some Angels playoff tickets to sell. I still remember the day Buki met me in the Horton (dorm) lobby and we exchanged tickets for some cash, a great friendship was forged that day! Buki works at Target as an ELT and shares a great love of sports with myself and is the commissioner of our fantasy baseball league.

P.S. All you single ladies out there, he is available ;-) 

Groomsman: Alex Feldman

(Sorry Alex, We couldn't find a photo with both of us in it) 

I have known Alex since 6th grade when we were in the same class together. We grew up in Middle school as best friends and hung out with each other all the time including playing little league baseball against each other. We attended separate high schools and colleges but have always stayed in contact. Alex moved out to California last year and we have somewhat rekindled the friendship. Alex takes some credit for Rachel and myself starting to date, as he helped me sticky note her car and ask her to prom our senior year. Alex has also been planning a speech to give at our wedding for many years. (Sorry Alex I just put a lot of pressure on you). Alex works for a Marketing company in Costa Mesa and enjoys taking me on 20 mile bike rides and hanging out with his girlfriend, Katie.

Groomsman: Zach Ross

Zach was one of my housemates last year. I met Zach my freshman year at Biola, as we were both business majors so we shared many classes together our first year and throughout out time at Biola. Zach and myself share a great love for playing and watching sports and also a hatred of the Lakers/Kobe Bryant. Zach got married a couple of months ago to Tavea (one of Rachel's bridesmaids). Zach currently works for BDO (accounting firm) in Costa Mesa

Groomsman: Mac Christensen 

Mac was one of my neighborhood friends in Arizona and we went to school together from 5th grade through High School. We have spent a lot of time together through the years, playing pool basketball, video games and golfing together. Some of the best memories we have had together were skiing together in Big Sky, MT. Mac invited me to come with him and his family twice while we were in college and it was always a great time hanging out with him and his family for a week. Mac currently works for Pepsi Co and lives in Sacramento, CA. 

Groomsman: Drew Hall

Drew was one of my housemates for the last year and a half. I met Drew through Zach my freshman year of college. Drew, like Buki and Zach really enjoys playing and watching sports and plays in a fantasy baseball league with us. Drew has always been a pretty good athlete but in the last year I finally found a sport that we both enjoy and I can beat him at, Golf! We spent a lot of time over the last year playing golf together and trying to give him some tips to help improve the slice. Drew got married about a month ago and now lives in Visalia, CA where he teaches Middle School PE.

Thanks for reading this and I hope you enjoyed getting a little insight into my side of the Wedding party. The planning has been coming along well (thanks to Rachel's hard work) and things are slowly all coming together. The next big event is what I think may be my favorite piece of planning, cake and food tastings over Thanksgiving!

-Jeff

298 days till "I do"