Cassandra & Collin
Wedding Party
Cecilia Evans
Matron of Honor
My lovely, beautiful big sister! I love saying that she wished me into the world because one year she asked Santa for a little sister for Christmas, and I was born 2 days later! Cece wears her heart on her sleeve and I've never doubted her love for myself or Collin. She's made me the proudest aunt of a beautiful little girl and has never ceased to support me in whatever I do (as a big sister should). I stood next to her when she married the love of her life, and I couldn't imagine anyone else standing next to me when I marry mine.
John Hoelscher
Best Man
Some could say John is the reason Cass and I even met. John ran the camp where Cass and I first met, and at that camp is where I became part of John's family. I found myself spending more time with them than anyone else. You could say John and I have been involved in many shenanigans over the years. Whether it be fishing trips, our big trip to Colorado where we rafted the Royal Gorge, got lost on a mountain on our four-wheelers, thought a bear was attacking our tent (it was actually a cow folks), and the many nights grilling and telling old stories. Just like with Jacob, I couldn't imagine getting married and not having John by my side.
Kloe Burris
Maid of Honor
Kloe is the second sister I didn't know I needed but surely couldn't imagine my life without! We became close in high school when I started to spend most weekends (and, let's be honest, many weekdays) at her house. Since then, I've had the honor of receiving the nickname "K-Sassy" so that I could become a true member of the Burris family with a name beginning in "K", and joked with Collin that he would need to ask their permission to marry me before proposing. I remember once being told that I should expect for our friendship to change dramatically in college, especially since we would be over 6 hours apart. Now I laugh thinking about that advice because I can honestly say that nothing has changed. Making her my Maid of Honor was a no-brainer.
Jacob Janek
Best Man
Jake and I met during our sophomore year at A&M and lived together our junior and senior years. Within five minutes of meeting each other it felt like we'd known each other our whole lives. We share very specific interests in music, wood working, and sketchy car repairs. I knew it wouldn't feel right to have just Jacob or just John as my best man, so naturally I needed to have both of them by my side on the big day!
Kyanna Floyd
Bridesmaid
Kyanna and I have been friends since elementary school. Being from a small town, it was easy to be involved in many different sports at once and Nani and I did it all! She was my teammate for softball, basketball, volleyball, and cheerleading. Together, Kyanna and I grew into the people we are today, and so many of my favorite memories include her. She's gone on to become Austin's best dental hygienist (I can say that, I'm not biased at all) and continues to show me tremendous love and kindness.
Stan Beck
Groomsman
Stan and I first met at the ripe old age of 5 in kindergarten where he first began talking about space and working at NASA. This sounded like a total pipe dream as a 5 year old kid, but boy was I wrong. We lived together all throughout college, and I am frankly surprised he's still friends with me after all the pranks I pulled on him. I firmly believe he sticks around for the friendship that he and Cass now have, too.
Jessica Vrana
Bridesmaid
Jessica is my oldest friend, and the earliest photos of me almost always included her. If anyone's interested, I've even got a fun little photo of us dressed up for Halloween as a bumble bee and a witch (thanks Mom). I remember how upset I was when she told me that her family would be moving to New Mexico in elementary and how equally excited I was to discover that they were coming back to Texas in high school. We were able to spend a few years playing softball together before she moved on to continue her amazing pitching career in college. I'll always be thankful that we've remained friends after all these years!
Nick Gallagher
Groomsman
Nick and I met at A&M in a Construction Science class. I was convinced at first that Nick was only friends with me to prove that he had friends outside of the Corp. I quickly realized that wasn't the case. Many late nights were spent on CoSci projects, many deep conversations on the inner workings of the Ford Powerstroke Diesel engine, and many adventures along the way.
Shelby Herman
Bridesmaid
Shelby and I met in college through Collin. She unknowingly moved in next door to her cousin, and we were introduced our sophomore year at A&M. We spent so much time together and very quickly and naturally formed a friendship! She's already started calling me cousin and it warms my heart so much every time I hear it. I love my new, sweet cousin!
Christopher Bednorz
Groomsman
You could say Christopher was my first roommate, mostly because we shared a bedroom until I was almost in high school. Being able to sleep through almost anything is the only way I survived his snoring at night! Christopher and I again reached roommate status when we lived together while I was on my internship in college, and for my first year living in Houston after college. It was during those times of living together that Christopher introduced me to many of the places in Houston that Cass and I now find ourselves going to all the time.
Jennifer Kahn
Bridesmaid
Jenny and I made the big mistake of choosing majors that required organic chemistry, the class where we first met. We sat next to each other at the front of the classroom and suffered through our professor showing us photos of his cats and rushing through weird shapes on the board that were *somehow* related to chemistry. Jenny and I spent MANY nights studying together and made it out the other side with a new friendship! Jenny even took me in one summer while I was between living arrangements, and she is officially my shortest lasting roommate. That summer, she introduced me to stovetop espresso and we spent our nights watching Scrubs and singing to old favorite bands VERY loudly (I should really apologize to her neighbors).
John Felchak
Groomsman
John legitimately was my first friend. I'm pretty sure we agreed we would be in each others weddings back in elementary school. Spent many nights at John"s house playing video games and hanging out. My number one goal while we were in high school was to make him laugh while he was performing in the band during football half time, I succeeded most nights!
Katie Plaue
Bridesmaid
Katie walked out before Animal Nutrition one semester, believing that she had the wrong class. In actuality she was looking at the wrong day of the week on her schedule and eventually walked back in, sitting near me. By some luck we had the same class one hour later and sat next to each other in Biochemistry, too! A little bit of chatting eventually led to riding together to class and finally living together for my final year in College Station. We sure tried our hardest to have a cup of coffee from every coffee shop in town, sometimes accompanied by her golden retriever, Cooper, who I may or may not have contemplated sneaking into my car when I moved out. I'll never tell!
Cody Chambers
Groomsman
I will start off by saying Cody started as Cass's friend. They have known each other since kindergarten and grew up together. I am pretty sure Cody and I met each other at least five times at A&M before Cass actually introduced us (this is something Cass has been working to get better at). Cody may have started off as just one of Cass's friends to me, but I can truthfully say that now he is just as much my friend as he is hers. We always seem to find some way to gang up and give Cass a hard time (it now makes sense why she doesn't introduce me to people).