wedding partybride & groom - kristin pierce & matthew mcbeekristin grew up in nashville and manchester and then went to college at
tennessee tech in cookeville. she got a degree in chemistry and
is now a fourth-year medical student at the university of alabama
in birmingham, alabama. matt grew up in winchester and also went to college at tech, where he started out as an engineering major and then received a degree in psychology. he is now pursuing his ph.d. in educational psychology at the university of georgia in athens, georgia. we met at tech in our honors 101 class and also shared other classes during freshman year. we started dating at the end of our freshman year and got engaged on new year's eve 2001. we wanted to wait to get married until we were going to be able to live together, so we've pursued our graduate degrees and managed to stay together while being in a long-distance relationship for the last four years. we're both ecstatic that we'll finally be in the same city again. maid of honor - mary kelly ivanov mk and kristin were roommates at tech during their freshman and sophomore
years of college. mk was the one that set us up. she got a degree from tech in chemical
engineering and is now in her third year of pharmacy school at ut-memphis.
she's getting married in october.
bridesmaid - kaitrin mahar kaitrin went to high school with kristin and college with both of us.
she got a degree from tech in french and is now working in knoxville as a technical writer. she
has taken up dancing and is involved with the lindy hop
group in knoxville.
bridesmaid - katrina pierce katrina is kristin's 16-year-old sister. she's learning to drive and may even have
her license by the time of the wedding. she likes to draw and is a big anime fan.
bridesmaid - kimberly pierce kim is kristin's 13-year-old sister. she is on the golf team and plays french horn
in band. she's so much taller than kristin that she calls her "little sister." and she really likes
the color green.
flowergirl - kelly pierce kelly is kristin's 9-year-old sister. she's a cheerleader for her elementary
school and likes the anime show inuyasha.
best man - kevin releford kevin and matt have been friends since elementary school. they taught each other most of
their bad habits. kevin lives in winchester and is getting married in may.
groomsman - brad sisk brad and matt have been friends since elementary school, and they played in a band
together in high school. brad lives in winchester and is expecting his first child at the end of march.
groomsman - bryan owens bryan is matt's roommate and friend. he lives in athens, georgia, and is the owner of
georgia technology consultants, a computer consulting firm for several businesses in athens.
groomsman - andrew schnell andrew went to college with both of us. he received a degree from tech in mechanical
engineering and is currently a graduate student at georgia tech in
atlanta, georgia. his secret wish is for georgia tech to have a good football team.
ringbearer - tyler bernotas tyler is matt's 4-year-old nephew. he loves dinosaurs, and his favorite one is the diplodocus.
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