Wedding Party
Makayla Marie
Daughter
Miss Makayla, you are our joy. Hilarious, witty, extravagantly dramatic, kind, brilliant, beautiful, and challenging. Thank you for being our best friends. We love to play board games, read, do art, dance, create, invent, learn, and grow with you. You have taught us so much and we are blessed to have you as our daughter. We look forward to a beautiful COLORFUL life with you!
Cecilia Marie
Flower Girl
Thank you Miss Cecilia for being in our lives! A life coach, make up guru, and expert emoji war opponent. Smart, fun, caring, artistic, thoughtful, hilarious, silly, unique, kind, mac and cheese loving, beautiful soul. We love all of our adventures with you!
Sophia Jovenina Annalise
Flower Girl
Miss Sophia is an owl of wisdom beyond her years. You are a beautiful unmatched artist, unbelievably kind soul, art buddy, peace negotiating chica that is always willing to help anyone. We love to do projects with you, go on adventures, hear your thoughts, and watch you blossom into the coolest girl ever. Thank you for being such a great person!!
Nile Lavern
Ring Bearer
Dearest NIle! Kind and forgiving like your uncle, father, and grandpa... uniquely peaceful. When you're DEEPLY dissappointed because another kid has your bear or balloon, you calmly sigh, look on the bright side, and let it go! We love to watch you play with your construction trucks, read your books, teach us about letters, and sing songs with you. You amaze us and we adore your beautiful heart!
J-Master Galvez
Ring Bearer
J-man, knowing you is an incredible experience. You are a burst of energy, brilliance, love, and genius. You teach us so much...about legos, stop motion, drones, snow boarding, experiments, break dancing, fort nite(Is that how you spell it?), programming, ect. Thank you for your laugh, your brain, your jokes, and your love of my cinnamon toast. You are an angel!
Simon Ray
Usher
Dearest SImon, an incredible musician, gamer, philosopher, friend, and gentleman! I will always think of you as my little guy that loved to play with trains with me. Now a teenage permit driver, role model to two sisters and several cousins, boy scout that conquers mountains, fencing rockstar, and amazing human we are lucky to know. We all love you SO much bubbie!
Karen Lantz
Mother of the Groom
A beautiful, thoughtful, talented best friend to listen and give advice, an incredible open door. Open hearted, accepting, and FULL of love. Thank you for being an amazing mother that provided David with his education and taught him to be generous, work hard, chase his dreams, and be open minded. THank you for being a wonderful friend and business mentor, teaching Katie to believe in her abilities and grow her talents. A wonderful grandma to Kayla, loving and accepting her, and encouraging her wild ambitions. Thank you for our the memories in the Ozarks, your extremely thoughtful design work for our home, and all your help with this wedding. We are blessed to have you in our lives.
Michael Lantz
Father of the Groom
Mike, one of the silliest, warmest, most generous guys you will ever meet. Thank you for encouraging David's dreams and accepting him and everyone for who they are. Thank you for teaching him how to be the best father in the world! Thank you for being a fun, unconditionally loving, and generous father, friend, and grandpa. Thank you for Minor Mikes and adventures in the Ozarks, your painting and home repair skills, and for cooking the best manicotti, mashed potatoes, pizzas, garlic bread, and beef and noodles. We are so lucky to have you in our lives.
Lee Hoover
Mother of the Bride
An beautiful selfless inspiration to me and so many others. You have taught me so much. Thank you for being an outstanding mother, grandmother, friend, leader, and role model. You taught me to sew, to be a good Christian and good person, to be a caring mother, to believe in myself, to work hard and challenge myself, and to never stop growing and learning. Some day I hope be a fourth as amazing you and your incredible accomplishments. Thank you for being a warm, loving, accepting, best friend. Thank you for our trips to Alaska, for my education, for encouraging my passions, and for loving us unconditionally.
Papa BIll
Father of the Bride
Papa Bill, always there for you, unbelievably generous, the greatest veggie soup, steak, and stir fry chef on the planet, the cheesiest jokester, and the greatest golfer...you couldn't ask for more. Thanks for always believing in me and being a best friend to me and everyone you know! SOme of my best memories are working out with you on the greenbelt, walking the pups with you and falling in the street when Copper tripped me, walking with you, and coffee and conversations with you and mom... politics aside. You're the best. Thank you for golf league, for letting me borrow the car, for always taking care of everything for me, for catching spiders for me, for everything papa. We love you so so much!
John Hoover
Officiant
John, helpful friend and big brother, computer genius, and walking encyclopedia. You know everything about everything and always taught me and your kids to seek knowledge in every situation. Thank you for all the gourmet dinners at your house, your Johniconno coffee's with your fancy coffee beans, and your wisdom and advice through the years. Thank you for always being there for me. You're a great brother. I will always remember the night you told me you were going to have Simon... thank you for raising those amazing kids that we love so much.
Todd Lantz
Best Man
The wicked smart, athletic, guy David's always looked up to...literally. Todd is responsible for igniting a competitive spirit in David. Always aiming to beat him at anything they were playing, David credits his drive in life to his challenging opponent. He taught David to work hard, never give up, and to hide beer cans after parties. Thank you for being a great playmate, brother, role model, and best friend. Thank you for raising those amazing boys that we love so much!
Elizabeth Galvez
Matron of Honor
Darling Elizabeth. The crazy smart, goofiest girl we will ever know. You teach me to be a better mother, to question and challenge myself, to grow, and to be the best version of myself. Thank you for believing in me and encouraging my untamed dreams. Thank you for being a best friend to Dave, Kayla, and myself. Thank you for the books that you recommend and for raising Jman to be so incredible!
Ashlea Lantz
Stylist :)
Ashlea is the successful, sweet, behind the scenes girl who may have unknowingly gotten the ball rolling! Who knows if we would have ever started dating without her advice. Ashlea gave David the nudge that it was ok to date someone unique, and went shopping for him to ensure he had an outfit for our first date. Otherwise he may have worn a Dowling sweatshirt, cutoff, or who knows what else on our first date beach picnic. Thank you for being a great friend, wardrobe donor, coffee date, fashion adviser, marriage license witness, sister, and for raising those cool amazing dudes. Thank you for all your love and kindness.
Tim Hoover
Wedding Planner
Tim, the most driven, loving, friendly guy we know! Our wedding planning adviser, relationship counselor, comedian, ticket to ride opponent, silly uncle, nd professional Wisconsin accent impersonator. Dave will forever appreciate you as his advocate and ally in disagreements with me. Thank you for your business expertise and advice, encouraging my pursuits, and always being there for me since I was little and still today. You are a great brother!
Jacqueline Hoover
Hair stylist
Hard working, talented, super caring, worlds best dog mom. I will always remember that incredible care package you sent Tim when he was struggling with finishing his masters and had a hectic work schedule. You make him amazing healthy dinners, encourage him to de-stress and stay active, and got him to quit smoking!(something I tried to do for 15 years) I could never thank you enough for that! Thank you for being an amazing auntie, smoothie and shopping buddy, walking partner, wardrobe donor, Quelf opponent, and friend. Tim is such a lucky guy. Thank you for being a part of our lives.
Taylor Hoover
Hair stylist
The talented, artistic, stylish, minimalist guru. An amazing lady that always has great advice for everything from the best detangling brush to how to simplify your life. Thanks for all your mom wisdom, style ideas I pilfer from you, and incredible family dinners. Thanks for raising those fantastic children we love so much!