Tess & James

My sister and lifetime best friend by blood and choice! I might be older, but I look up to Sami and her unconditional love for everyone around her. There’s nothing that keeps Sami from being an amazing friend to her people and I’m lucky enough to have her as my sister and Maid of Honor on the big day!

Caitlin and I have been best friends for nearly 8 years. We met through our boyfriends (now fiancées!) as they were med school classmates. After countless vacations, weekends, holidays and wine nights (when the boys were ‘studying’) we quickly became inseparable. She is like a mix between my mom and a sister. Couldn’t do life without her!

I am so lucky to call Kerri my Sister-in-Law! Our friendship goes beyond just my ‘man’s family’ because we have been roommates, travelled to Europe and picked each other up whenever we needed it. So glad to have stood by her side during her marriage and couldn’t have it any other way as she does for us!

There is not one fun or wild memory from college that doesn’t include Brooke. As roommates through college and years after as we hustled through our first jobs, Brooke has been a best friend for me who I can always count on to give it to me straight. She is fierce, loyal and anything but boring. Can’t wait to dance the night away with you, Brookie!

Brittney and I date back to middle school life! It’s dangerous the photos and stories Brittney has about my youth but honestly, it makes our friendship so special and unique. We have truly grown up together as we went to HS and college together. We have supported and cheered each other through so many milestones in life and now we add weddings to the list!

Anne Lucille Simacek Campbell is one of kind! Never a dull moment with this love of mine. When she met David a couple years ago, one of the med school besties, it felt like every memory already included her in it. My favorite memory with Anne is our double date trip to Costa Rica where we tested our bravery with the highest zip lines and Tarzan jump. #PuraVida

Meet Heather, sometimes known as my twin and other times known as my other half. I would never have survived my late 20s - or grad school for that matter - without Heather. From the library, to the bars, back to group work and even a “school trip” to Dubai, we thrived and laughed through it all. Heather is also proof that even a sun devil can be best friends with a wildcat.

Monique, or Mo, has been a dear friend and confidant since the college days! Funny enough she was close friends with both Jimmy and I separately (even before he and I met!). From board game nights and Disney movies to avidly watching every UA game, Mo and her husband, Amir, have been our double date night couple for nearly a decade! What makes Mo so special is her wonder woman ability to be an amazing wife, mom, boss in the office, sister and daughter while still managing to be an amazing and thoughtful best friend.

Tijana is a long-lost friend I just happen to meet years after we should have. While we met in Baltimore, we have connections from both undergrad and med school! (She was Jimmy’s classmate in med school and now a resident at Hopkins too!) Fellow wildcats in so many ways, she and her husband, Colton, have been our little slice of Arizona family just a few doors down from our row home in Baltimore! Any given night of the week we are either duckpin bowling, at trivia night or cooking a delicious dinner together <3

While yes, I met Kate through Jimmy (she’s also a Hopkins resident), I’d like to believe life would have brought us together anyway. She is a mix between soulmate and life coach. We go from impromptu adventures, to hot yoga, to making sense of any life obstacle however big or small. My favorite moments with Kate are when a ‘quick hello’ turns into hours of wine nights and girl talk! Kate’s old soul continues to remind me that we can always learn something new about ourselves and I just love that Baltimore had this friendship in store for us.