Meet The Wedding Party - Amanda

Amanda Hertlein . Maid of Honor

From my baby sister to a twenty-one year old beauty, my sister has always been my best friend. So...I always knew that I would choose her to stand beside me on my special day and hold my train (even if she does end up ripping it in the process. ;)

Even though Amanda is 7 years younger than me, we have always been able to have fun talks and find lots of things to do together. I guess she is pretty mature for her age. :)

Some of my favorite memories I have of me and my sister are playing piano duets, creating music videos (with my brother too), talks about boyfriends, working on each other's hair, shopping and late night talks.

I'm also excited that Amanda will be coming to live in Hershey after she graduates from Bloomsburg University in May. She will be taking a job at the Hershey Medical Center as a nurse in June and it will be nice to have her be in the area and closer than she has been the last several years.

My dream of finding a wonderful man to spend the rest of my life with has come true and I am so excited to have my sister standing next to me as it happens. It is my hope and prayer that I will be able to stand next to her someday too and watch her marry a wonderful man that will love and cherish her.

Love you sis!!!!

Meet The Wedding Party - Kevin

Kevin Mouer - Best Man

I've known Kevin longer than anyone else in the wedding party -- that's becuase he's my younger brother. I stood beside him on his wedding day and now he will stand beside me on mine! We've pretty much done it all together. One journey after another to where we stand today.

One of the greatest journeys we've shared was a trip to Arizona we took in the Summer of 2001. I had recently graduated from law school and Kevin from college. It would be our last vacation before entering the work force. We hit all the major areas -- Phoenix, Sedona, Grand Canyon and Lake Havasu. And did everything -- visited an art museum, took a 4x4 Jeep tour in the Red Rocks, stood in awe of our Creator at the Canyon and raced each other up and down Lake Havasu on jet skis. We also had our share of forgetable events -- like when we got terrible sun burns on the Lake and laid around in misery the rest of the day. Or how the A/C in that little 4-cylinder car we rented could barely keep up with the Arizona sun!

More recently, its been amazing to watch my "little" bro become a dad. His beautiful little girls have added joy to our lives, and its been cool to watch (and learn from) Kevin and his wife, Katie, parenting those two little cuties!

So many great memories I've shared with my brother. Yet so many more to come! Love ya bro!

Meet The Wedding Party - Sarah

Sarah Lynd . Bridesmaid

I've heard the saying that you will rarely talk to most of your high school friends outside of high school, but the friends you make in college will be your friends forever. I have to say that this statement has proven completely true for me. My best and closest friends that I could sit and talk with for hours, anytime we meet up, are my college friends.

And Sarah (Stover) Lynd is one of them.

I really became close friends with Sarah my sophomore year of college when I was her RA and her sister and her were roommates in my section. Despite having to go break up many "family" disputes in the room at the end of the hall:) I became an instant and best friend of Sarah.

Some of my favorite memories with Sarah were: Gabe's shopping trips on Saturday mornings, driving around Lancaster county looking at covered bridges, "special cleaning" in our East Esbenshade apartment, sitting up late at night and talking about EVERYTHING, knitting, and the list goes on and on.

This past summer I was able to attend Sarah's wedding in Virginia and was filled with joy to see her marry the love of her life. Despite having to wait a little longer than either of us might have planned to get married, God has brought wonderful guys into our lives and I am so happy that we can now share this chapter of our lives together.

While I would love to live closer to Sarah and get to see her more often, especially with a baby on the way for her and Steve, I know whenever and wherever we get to see each other in the future we will always be close.