Dave first met John at a Junior High Math League meet in seventh grade, where he noticed two things: John was really tall, and he was really good at math. Over the next few years Dave discovered that John was even better at being a great friend than he was at growing and computing. Throughout high school at Blake they shared moments such as doing physics on the boat, going on failed cow-tipping expeditions (this was Minnesota after all) and commiserating in teenage angst.

John and Dave parted ways in 1998 as John went off to Stanford and Dave to Harvard. But Dave visited John several times at Stanford, where John mysteriously never had any work to do and thus was able to convince Dave that he should come to the Bay Area for grad school. After doing so, Dave then convinced John that Berkeley was the place to be, so John started a Ph.D. in computer science there in 2005.

Today John lives with his wife Jessica (see below) in Berkeley. The photo above was taken during John and Jessica's wedding weekend in 2007 and is probably the only picture ever in which Dave appears to be taller than John.

Robby wins the prize for "most years having gone to school with Dave" -- 16 in total. Though they met at Blake in first grade, they didn't become friends until middle school, when they took perverse pleasure in learning about ancient Europe in Steve Johnson's history class and passing notes written on Kleenex in the back of science class. When it came time to choose a college, Robby passed up sunny, frolicsome Stanford for gray, stress-inducing Harvard. Since Dave was also attending Harvard, this allowed them to discover that there is nothing less interesting to non-Minnesotans than debating the optimal route from Chanhassen to Edina (take Highway 5 to 212).

After fooling everyone into thinking he was a liberal arts major for four years, Robby returned to Minnesota to pursue a medical degree. He graduated in 2007 and is now a family practice resident in St. Paul. He is pictured here with his fiancée Andrea.

Unlike Dave, Torrey was ecstatic when her sibling arrived, immediately taking over all parental responsibilities and declaring to anyone who was interested, "He's not my brother, he's my husband." (Four-year-old Torrey didn't quite have the family roles straightened out yet.) After failing to stay taller than Jon (he passed her when he was 11 and she was 15) Torrey was forced to resort to non-physical means of control, which may explain her interest in psychology.

Jon lives in San Diego, where he enjoys White Sox games, Padres games and chicken in almost any form imaginable. He is pictured here with his girlfriend Lynae during Thanksgiving 2007.

Torrey's first cousin Suzy grew up in the Chicago area, leading Torrey to learn about things they don't have in San Diego like winter coats and snowmen. Suzy just graduated from the University of Vermont, where she did not grow kale but did engage in other hippie-ish activities. She is currently a teacher in Vermont.

Noah and Dave were placed together randomly as freshman roommates at Harvard (though it might not have been so random as Noah requested a "math person"). Though Dave was dismayed to find himself the second-best mathematician in his freshman dorm room, Dave, Noah, and their other two roommates Nat and Alec hit it off so well that they lived together all four years of college. When Dave arrived in Berkeley in 2003 he found Noah already living there and conveniently looking for roommates. They decided to reprise college but this time with more organic produce, and spent the next four years living together with a variety of Berkeley characters.

Noah still lives in Berkeley and is entering is last year as a Ph.D. student in the math department. He is shown here demonstrating the knitted organs of his wife Malia at a Halloween party in 2005.

If you're going to have a guy who monitors your guest book to make sure everyone signs it, why not have a professional editor? Torrey's cousin Zack, who lives in Chicago, is the editor for a magazine called College News. Along with making sure to yell "L'chaim!" the loudest at our wedding, this guy will make sure your guest book entry is witty and exciting.

An avid sports and music fan, Zack is always bringing the party along with him wherever he goes. Just make sure to keep your Britta water filter far away from him!