The Jackie that introduced Jacki and Shailesh. Jackie was friends with both of us long before we knew each other. She thought we'd be a good couple because we were both loyal friends who enjoy traveling and are very committed to our roles as Aunt and Uncle to our nieces and nephews. Jackie lives in Palatine with her husband, Darren, where they are raising three amazing girls.

Caitlin and Jacki met in their junior high school Spanish class and had frequent sleepovers filled with baking and watching movies. In more recent times, she's also became a favorite visitor to Shailesh's parents' house in Maryland as she only lives ten minutes away.

Fraternity Brothers. Friends. Coworkers. Roommates. Shailesh and Tom have been in each others' lives for 20+ years. Today he makes his living brewing beer in the west suburbs. In the fall, you can catch him and Shailesh tailgating for Illini football.

Jacki and Kathleen (aka Barlo) met in high school and were on the cross country team together. Barlo has always been the more athletic one and has recently been racing in Spartan DEKA mile competitions around the country. She and her husband Jeff live in Salt Lake City, Utah with their three kids.

Shailesh and Shaun hit it off during Shailesh's time in Detroit, a bond sealed by texting about baseball, singing karaoke and quoting Family Guy. You can join Shaun for a quick swim in Lake Michigan later tonight.

Jill and Jacki met in college at Illinois Wesleyan and sealed their friendship on a spring break trip to Mexico. Jill is incredibly active, and she and her husband, Chris, are raising three equally active children in Denver, Colorado where she works as a professor.

Craig and Shailesh were fraternity brothers at the University of Illinois. Pledge dad, mentor, deeply loyal friend, a Tenacious D connoisseur, and a Klipsch speaker afficionado.

Jen and Jacki went to Illinois Wesleyan together and became close friends after they both found themselves running the same scavenger hunt. Since then, they have had many adventures together. Jen lives in Chicago where she is a human resources executive and enjoys spending time in nature and with her friends.

Sam and Shailesh literally go back as far as they can remember. They went to high school together but they met long before that. Today Sam makes Seattle home, where he is renowned for knowing efficient ways to remove a single node from a binary tree.

You can catch Sam and Shailesh singing jingles from regional mattress chains later and maybe we'll even ride our bikes to McDonalds.

Amy is a devoted wife, mom, and friend. She lives in Tennessee where she spends time teaching, working out, and going to church. She is also incredibly creative - if you have a party to plan, she's your woman!

Jason and Jacki grew up playing together - taking turns watching their favorite shows and playing Dr. Mario. Today, he lives in Tennessee and is a great husband and father, enjoys watching sports (especially the Cubs), and has mastered the art of Dad jokes.

On a family trip in 1984, Suneela was caught looking out of Shailesh's window on the right side of the car, even though she was on the left side of the car and had her own window. To date, she has not been reprimanded for this egregious act.

Everyone's unsung hero, Jim is a master of our holiday dinners, deciphering questionable wire transfer requests in support of Elena's travels, and can walk you through a good conspiracy theory.

Elena is a rising sophomore at the University of Texas in Austin. She's studying Bioengineering and splits her time between Dallas, Austin, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Thessaloniki Greece, Brazil, and ... actually I have no clue where she is right now. ELENA?!?

Nathan is Shailesh's nephew, a gnocchi connoisseur, and a two-sport athlete. We're also told he makes delicious Kulfi (Indian ice cream), but he refuses to make it for us.

His other hobbies include teaming up with his Aji to cheat at family card games.

Summer is Jacki's niece who is entering her final year of middle school. She is incredibly curious, loves very deeply, and enjoys spending time with her friends. She has no shortage of witty one liners, a skill she picked up from her dad, and is very creative, just like her mom.

Brayden is Jacki's nephew, a rising high school sophomore and tennis player. He loves watching sports, playing video games, and spending time with his friends. Jacki is very honored that she took him on his first international trip when they visited Toronto, Canada to celebrate his 10th birthday.

Vesper is Jacki and Shailesh's neighbor at Cleveland Courts, and also loves cruising the driveway on her two-wheel bike.

She's also an budding ballerina, an expert on unicorns & princesses; and has led considerable research on the fluid dynamics of the Super Soaker in our garage.

James is Jacki and Shailesh's neighbor and also a avid Chicago Cubs fan.

His hobbies include playing baseball, convincing us to play baseball when we're too tired, and inflating things with the bike pump in the garage.

Leila and Jacki met in college where they became good friends. She went shopping with Jacki on the day she found her wedding dress. Leila lives in Naperville with her husband Amir, is a mom, and works as a professor at North Central College.