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Mother of the Bride- Judie Haubrich: resides in Katy, Texas and is the Director of Pediatrics and Med. Surg at St Christus Hospital. Tricia and her share a unique bond and talk on a daily basis. She has been a great influence on the planning of the wedding and reception. She is also responsible for Tricia's love of water and beaches, since she was a little girl her Mom took her to the lake, pool or local beach all summer long! So in some aspect she made the choice of Hawaii easy!

Stepfather of the Bride- Shay Theriot: resides in Katy, Texas and is a local Firefighter/Paramedic for Katy FD. He also owns his own buisness Theriot Installations. Shay has been welcomed into a household full of women and has handled it in complete stride!

Sisters of the Bride & Bridesmaids: Brigitte and Michelle Buckholtz-

Brigitte is Tricia's younger sister and resides in Austin, Texas.  She is attending the University of Texas.  Brigitte has always been the athletic one in the family and she is very artistic and into high fashion.  She also models for well known companies such as Fendi and David's Bridal. 

Michelle is Tricia's baby sister and resides in Berlin, Germany where she is attending college.  She graduated high school early with honors and is known as the brainiac of the family. Tricia is having a hard time with her sister/best friend living so far away.  Thank goodness for the internet, becuase otherwise planning the wedding with her in Germany would be even more difficult.

Grandparents of the Bride- Jim and Sharon Cates: They reside in Silverton, Oregon not far from Mount Hood and the big city of Portland. They own their own business which keeps them both very busy.  They enjoy traveling in their motor home also. Jim will be escorting Tricia down the aisle at the ceremony and let's hope not in a speedo like he jokes! :)

Mother of the Groom-Cindy Dreisner: She is married to Arnold Dreisner and they reside in Edwardsville, Illinois. She teaches French at Triad high school. Both Arnold and Cindy look forward to retirement which is fastly approaching.  Cindy is retiring at the end of this year.

Father of the Bride-Mark Embley: Mark is married to Brenda Embley and they reside in Jerseyville, Illinois. Mark works for the local school system in Alton, Illinois. Mark introduced Nate to his love of Golf.

Siblings of the Groom:

Alicia Turner is Nate's older sister and is married to Matt Turner. They reside in Jefferson City, Missouri where they are lawyers. She is mother to Josephine and Benjamin.

Pat Embley is Nate's younger brother and is married to Kelly Embley. They reside in Graymont, Illinois. Pat is a local minister there and father to Daniel, Eli and Faith. Pat and Nate love to play golf when they can!

Julie Thompkin's is Nate's youngest sister and is married to Dr. Kevin Thompkins. They reside in Columbia, Missouri. Julie and Kevin just had thier first child Tessa Jane.

Stepbrothers and Stepsister- Natalie Thiems is Arnold's Daughter, she is married to Mike and living in Edwardsville, Illinois. She is mother to Lydia, Naomi and baby Gabriel.

Travis and Matthew are Brenda's Sons and live close to Jerseyville, Illinois.  Both have a knack with cars.  Matthew is married to Rachel and are expecting there first child in November.

Groomsmen:

Bestman: Jon Taylor- Nate's Business Partner and Partner in Crime. These two will be most likely found on the golf course togeather or the vegas strip.