DJ & Kaylee
Wedding Party
Hannah Patterson
Maid of Honor
Hannah & Kaylee met at a rave, glow party... that’s another story for another day. Hannah & Kaylee later connected via Twitter, built a strong friendship and ended up co-leading a women’s bible study. The rest is history! If you’re looking for fellow bookworms, travel enthusiasts or just encouraging, listening ears... we are your girls!
Chris Happel
Best Man
Why is Chris DJ's Best Man, you may ask? Well, DJ and Chris have been inseparable since 5th grade. Chris and DJ were college roommates and Chris stood as a witness as DJ grew out his long, luscious hair. Chris has been mistaken for DJ's better half more times than Kaylee has been called his sister - and that is really saying something.
Chloe Griskie
Bridesmaid
Chloe is Kaylee's twin that just happens to be about 7 years younger. Chloe is notorious for stealing Kaylee's clothes and making fun of her for not being up on the latest memes. You can catch the Griskie gals anywhere there is sun, salt water, and cookie dough.
Derek Botts
Groomsman
People know Derek as many things: DJ's younger brother, DJ's taller brother.... but Derek is most proud to call himself the one that broke DJ's nose.
Chrissy Schreiber
Bridesmaid
Chrissy and Kaylee met freshman year at USF, when Kaylee (outgoing and loud as ever) asked if anyone wanted to drive her to St. Pete. Chrissy answered the call and the two quickly became best friends and eventually roommates, when they set up the room for maximum movie watching and ate endless amounts of peanut butter and animal crackers.
Andrew Banks
Groomsman
As a mentor to DJ in college, Banks always encouraged him to make the right decision....so now DJ finally decided to listen to him.
Katie Overbo
Bridesmaid
Katie met Kaylee when they were both freshman at USF. Katie quickly learned that Kaylee was always ready for crazy ideas. Fast forward to the last year of college as roommates and they became the best fruit snack analysts this side of Alabama.
Nathan Osborne
Groomsman
Get yourself an easy, breezy, beautiful, DJ. He works great as a friend, accountability partner, and a church alarm clock!
Katie Sieverding
Bridesmaid
Kaylee and Katie met at their first day of work at Amazon and less than a week later decided to be roommates, with Katie's 130 pound dog. They frequently get mistaken for each other and now go out of their way to confuse everyone even more. Their crazy work schedule leads to staying up while drinking coffee, blasting music, and cleaning the house at 3am. One of the hardest secrets Katie ever had to keep was DJ’s plan on how he was proposing to Kaylee! Katie can’t wait to come third wheel in Tampa (and hopefully be neighbors one day)!
Nick Dunakey
Groomsman
DJ and Nick were soccer teammates most of their childhood. The two of them have spent far too many hours getting worked up over countless FIFA matches.
Raerae Haggard
Bridesmaid
The bride's partner in crime from high school with incriminating stories from their Nicki Minaj and High School Musical phases.
Kyle Freire
Groomsman
DJ and Kyle used to be roommates and dream about becoming trophy husbands some day...Kyle is (not so) secretly jealous that DJ was first.
Abby Beck
Bridesmaid
Abby is an old college roommate of the bride. They met and bonded over free pizza and long chats on fluffy rug. One of the highlights of their friendship for Abby is hiking Machu Picchu mountain and Abby almost dying while Kaylee hiked like a pro (duh).
Cody Uttermohlen
Groomsman
Cody met DJ on the soccer field back in the ol’ glory days. DJ was the shy new kid on the team who somehow gained the nickname “The Stripper,” and it all went downhill from there. I mean uphill...