Claire & Jeff
Wedding Party!
Cara Stuckel
Maid of Honor
My first, oldest, and best friend. We been annoying each other since 1989.
Sean Hirshberg
Best Man
Sean and I are soulmates.
Carrie Rapp
Matron of Honor
We became friends in middle school. Became BEST friends at band camp freshman year of high school. 16 years later, nothing has changed.
Keith Sparks
Groomsman
Sort of affectionately called "Princess." He's really improved since meeting his wife, Rachel. Before that... we once found him dancing to Miley Cyrus drinking straight from a bottle of Jack... alone.
Paije Croghan
Bridesmaid
Paije's mom told her that she had to be nice to me when we moved into the sorority house because I was the "new girl" in the room. Paije really took that direction to heart... here we are.
Andy Horner
Groomsman
Is and will always be a little bitch. Only person alive that takes 3 days to do a load of laundry. Once worked at Wal-Mart for 4 hours. Interested in experimenting with his PH levels.
Sierra Clark
Bridesmaid
Sierra is my favorite friend to go on adventures with and my favorite friend to have long, deep conversations with in the middle of the night after a glass or two of wine.
Mike Linneman
Groomsman
"I have nothing mean to say about Mike... what should I say?"
Emily Fiasco
Bridesmaid
Emily has an encyclopedic knowledge of Cardinals baseball... and well just about everything. Emily is our group's historian and I wouldn't know what I would do without her.
Brittney Dailey
Groomswoman
Brittney is way too cool to be friends with me.
Elizabeth (Colt) Hoffstetter
Bridesmaid
Colt is my friend for SO many reasons and one of the most important is that she provides sound medical advice during my "medical crises."
Austin Wurdeman
Groomsman
Austin secretly dated Sean's sister for years... Sean found out on Facebook. Has a man bun... we still like him.
Kimmi Levinson
Bridesmaid
Kimmi is an INCREDIBLE cook... and sister + future sister - in - law. Also, she cleaned Jeff's apartment before the first time he had me over... so thankful for her!
Ben McKinley
Groomsman
We watch trashy reality TV with him and his wife - Jessica - every week. Obviously, he's a keeper.
Katie Durham Barber
Usher
Durham -- literally not her name anymore but it doesn't matter -- was my savoir in Memphis and became one of my closest friends working at KD Headquarters together.
Alex Stuckel
Groomsman
Alex is very stupid. He has a PhD in Genetics. What a loser. He's survived with Claire as a sister for 28 years... he deserves a Noble Prize.
Heather Burke
Usher
I forced Heather to be my friend, on her first day at KD Headquarters because I found out she just moved from DC, and I am VERY thankful I did (hopefully she feels the same way!).
Uncle Pip
Officiant
We are so excited to have Uncle Pip -- also known as Alan Smith -- marry us! He's a father figure to Jeff and he conceded that Claire had some good political points once.... so a win/win all around. But really, it's hard to find a better person than Pip and also even harder to find a bigger asshole, but we love him :).
Kelly Bodie
Usher
Kelly is the first ever "remote usher." She's having her sweet baby right before the wedding, so she's an honorary usher. Kelly gave me the warmest welcome when I moved to Memphis in 2012 and I've cherished her friendship every minute since, as she's such an intentional and thoughtful friend.
Shannon Mehringer
Flower Girl
Shannon is the precious and perfectly sassy daughter of Katie and Tim-- Claire's cousin.
Danielle Hohmeier
Usher
I used to sober drive Danielle around a decade ago when she was "Cara's friend, Danielle the DG." It's hilarious to think that's where our friendship began, as we've traveled to 3 three countries together, played 309349843 softball games, had 4409303 beers, and experienced the very best of St. Louis together.
Jack McKinley
Ring Bearer
Jack is the ADORABLE son of Jess and Ben McKinley-- friends of Claire and Jeff's. Jack and Jeff are best friends... well, Jack hasn't agreed to this quite yet.