Catherine & Ryan
Wedding Party
Lauren Hendrix
Maid of Honor
Lauren met Catherine through spring sorority recruitment for Phi Sigma Sigma. Lauren was an awkward freshman and Catherine was a sophisticated sophomore. Catherine helped recruit Lauren to join the sorority. Several fraternity parties, messy nights, travelling adventures, and two years of living together later, the two somehow still manage to be best friends.
Jackson Kramer
Best Man
Jackson and Ryan met through a mutual friendship of Catherine’s sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma. They quickly became close through a mutual friendship with Catherine, and would both go on to serve as Mr. Phi Sig 2017 & 2018 and only become stronger of friends.
Hannah Brandell
Bridesmaid
Hannah is Catherine's sorority grand-little through Kylie. Ever since Hannah was added to the greek family, it has become more interesting from the heads of cabbage to the llama references; there is never a dull moment with Hannah. Ever since Hannah was added to Catherine's life, there have been more game nights, taco nights, and generally more entertainment.
Trevor Boggs
Groomsman
Trevor (Tyler’s twin) and Ryan met growing up in the same neighborhood in 2nd grade. Like Tyler, they also parted ways after graduating high school when Trevor went off to join the army and Ryan went off to college. Trevor would also go off to study music at the Berklee College of Music, before returning home to his own true love, Ryan.
Lauren Godsey
Bridesmaid
Lauren and Catherine met at St. William in first grade where they would make up random games to play during recess. Lauren has moved away since, but they still make sure to see each other multiple times and participate in many drunken shenanigans whenever they are in the same city. Fun Fact: Lauren is the bridesmaid that Catherine has known the longest as their friendship has lasted now for nearly 20 years!
Tyler Boggs
Groomsman
Tyler (Trevor’s twin) and Ryan grew up together in their hometown of Independence, KY and have been friends since the 2nd grade. After high school, Tyler and Ryan parted ways as Tyler went on to join the army and Ryan went off to college. Years later, they would reconvene for many drunken shenanigans after Tyler would return back from Commiefornia.
Alysa Helmers
Bridesmaid
Alysa and Catherine met in high school at Seton. While they bonded over random nights hanging out in basements during high school, they never truly bonded until college while attending random house parties in Clifton, typically at houses in which they didn't even know the owner. From parties to bar crawls to weekends out of town, Alysa has always made Catherine's nights out more fun.
Braden Gray
Groomsman
Braden is Ryan’s youngest brother who has also had his fair share of memories with him. They spent a lot of time over summer living together and making memories that our mom will never hear about. They also had their fair share of interesting late night talks over Call of Duty that mom will also never hear about.
Kylie Patrus
Bridesmaid
Kylie is Catherine's sorority little who didn't really like Catherine at first due to her not being around as much. However, after years of trying to win over Kylie's affection, Catherine finally succeeded (at least enough for Kylie to say yes to being a bridesmaid). Catherine and Kylie have been through the ringer through boy drama, spring break adventures, and messy nights out, but have always stuck through it together.
Jared Gray
Groomsman
Jared is Ryan’s 2nd youngest brother and has been living with him for the past year and a half. They have shared plenty of great memories (sober and not) through growing up and living with one another. They have gone through many memories from playing Call of Duty to shooting guns to other shenanigans that mom will never know about.
Courtney Ponder
Bridesmaid
Courtney met Catherine through Phi Sigma Sigma. While their friendship's start was interesting (always thanks to boy drama), they have definitely become closer through the years. Courtney helped give Catherine advice throughout nursing school and even helped get Catherine a job at St. Elizabeth that turned into her nursing career. Not to mention all of the fun drunk shenanigans in between.
Steven Kinser
Groomsman
Steven is Ryan’s cousin who is currently an athletic trainer with Mercy Health. Outside of family gatherings, one of the first times Ryan invited Catherine to hang out with Steven was at good ole Skyline Tavern by NKU where they all had a (not so) memorable night of drinking together.
Samantha Pragar
Bridesmaid
Samantha (aka Sami) met Catherine at Seton High School. The two initially became friends through mutual friends and joining the same clubs, like the Saints for Life club. However, their friendship continues to flourish through bar crawls and travelling together, including studying abroad! Fun fact: this picture of Sami was taken by Catherine while she was visiting Sami in Arizona.
Matt Miller
Groomsman
Matt and Ryan would meet through Courtney (Matt’s girlfriend and Catherine’s bridesmaid). Since then, they have become extremely close through numerous drunken adventures, including wild vacations and one particular night at B-Dubs (ask Ryan for more details) and nights spent playing video games with one another.
Alexandria Salyers
Bridesmaid
Alexandria (Alex) and Catherine met through their sorority. While they did not spend too much time together at first, Catherine slowly gained a relationship with Alex that lead to Alex becoming one of Catherine's moms. Alex helped keep Catherine together during wild nights of drinking, but also had her fair share of drunken moments. The two now enjoy more time going out to dinner or brunch over partying.
Jeff Tuttle
Groomsman
Jeff is Catherine’s 2nd youngest brother who is part of the ROTC program at UC. Jeff and Ryan share many great memories together from shooting guns to partying at Jeff's house to a few nights of drunken shenanigans outside of the house.
Samantha Smith
Bridesmaid
Samantha (aka Sam) and Catherine also met in high school, in their freshmen year homeroom. Catherine's aunt kept telling her about a neighbor girl who was going to Seton who she just had to meet. Who knew, 11 years later, that neighbor girl would be one of Catherine's bridesmaids? Catherine and Sam have been on several adventures together from travelling to bar crawling to many wine and hot tub nights.
Will Tuttle
Groomsman
Will is Catherine’s youngest brother who currently studies ethical leadership and plays football at Thomas Moore University. He has had many fun memories (sober and not) with Ryan. Fun fact: Will cried like a baby when Ryan proposed to Catherine (his tears may or may not have been alcohol induced).
Jessica Wuebbolt
Bridesmaid
Jessica (aka Jess) and Catherine met in high school through having the same friend group. In high school, the two got close through clubs and basement hangouts. Later, through urban exploring and random parties around the University of Cincinnati's campus during college, to travelling out of town and going on bar crawls after college, the two have shared several wild memories.
Jake Wietmarschen
Groomsman
Jake and Ryan met through the 2016 Orientation Leader program at NKU and were paired up as roommates for the summer where they quickly became friends. They would go on to become roommates for their last 2 years at NKU and shared many great drunken stories, from birthdays to bar crawls to house parties.