Joshua Michael Torres - Best Man
Joshua, formerly of OKC, lives in Colorado Springs near his family. He graduated from OU, was a nightclub deejay in the early 2000s, is a photographer who managed a wrestling federation. Colin and Joshua met through a mutual friend around 2009 while looking at comic books. Some of their antics include defeating a scalper to attend a Thunder-Heat game, going to Denver Comic Con together in 2016 where they talked to Jim Shooter, William Zabka, and Colin got a one-of-a-kind ink painting from Jae Lee, and Joshua told San Lee how good of friends they are. They fought a tornado in Norman and later attended Wrestlemainia in 2017 in New Orleans. From 2018 through 2022 they were the core hosts of The Mindfields Podcast. If it's cool and it happened in their lifetimes, Joshua and Colin probably like it mutually.
Luca Benjamin Warde - Groomsman
Luca is Colin's son who was born July 20, 2009 - forty years after the moon landing to the day. The first song Colin ever sang him was Birdhouse by They Might Be Giants right after he was born. Luca lives in Jenks, Oklahoma adjacent to Tulsa where he performs in the high school marching band with mellophone and in various school brass sections in French horn. The Pride of Jenks performed in Indianapolis in 2024 where Luca participated. He plays in Tulsa Youth Symphony. Growing up Colin and Luca spent a lot of time playing with a massive Lego city and Luca got his dad playing Pokemon. They both like board games, playing in parks around Tulsa, going to movies, and making dinner. Luca and Maggi generally sit on either side of Colin while watching shows, cuddling him in place and like to gang up on him when they are all together.
Aaron Cosman - Groomsman
Aaron and Colin met each other in 2005 on a movie no one has ever seen. A lot of good friendships started that way in this market which is why they met again later in Los Angeles, living together briefly while working on a TV show no one ever saw. Then they worked on a movie no one has ever heard of. Aaron decided to go to nursing school back in Virginia while Colin kept banging his head against the wall of filmmaking. They drove across the US together when Aaron uprooted to Portland, OR in 2015. They quote Star Trek and Star Wars a lot. Watch out.
Mark Christopher Warde - Groomsman
Chris, yes, that's what we've been doing our whole lives, is Colin's younger brother by three years. He was in the US Army Reserve serving overseas in several places but mostly Iraq where he received a Purple Heart. He returned as contractor for Blackwater, then came home, got married and owns Finnegan's Fighting Goat, an excellent pub, in Stillwater, OK. He's a Centurion in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Colin and Chris are both Black Belts in Tae Kwan Do and Eagle Scouts in Troop 828.
Jessica Bottomly - Matron of honor
Adley Bottomly - Bridesmaid
Banner Bottomly - Bridesmaid
Reynolds Bottomly - Bridesmaid
Florence Bottomly - Bridesmaid