Wedding Party

Joanna

Maid of Honor

Jessica's Sister - My littlest (and only) sister and one of my Maids of Honor, Joanna. Ten years younger than me, she's catching up in age as we like to say. Joanna is always ready for a game night or to join for a random errand and has been a wonderful support during the wedding planning process.

Maggie

Maid of Honor

Jessica's Cousin - My cousin and bestie, one of my Maids of Honor, Maggie. Maggie and I haven't lived in the same state in 10 years but we make that long distance relationship work. Only a phone call away, those phone calls last hours whether they be about life views, work stories, advice, or just chatting, the time flies by.

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Sam

Best Man

Garrett's Friend - Sam and I met at UK. Back then we played a lot of killer pong and video games. He's in Nicholasville and I'm in Louisville, but we still manage to play a lot of video games. When we're together in real life there's disc golf, Magic, and more video games (Vintage Story at time of writing this). We've been going strong this way for 14 years.

Chelsea

Groomswoman

Garrett's Sister - I've known Chelsea since 1989. She's grown on me. She's almost 6 feet tall. Joking aside. Chelsea's my big sister, always looking out for me, even when I don't want her to. She taught me how to follow the rules to make up for our dad showing us how not to.

Ben

Groomsman

Garrett's Brother-in-Law - Ben has a great sense of humor and is super creative. Both are important traits in his line of work. I'm so happy to have him in my family and in the wedding party. I couldn't think of a better father for my nieces.

Jacob

Bridesman

Jessica's Brother - The first of my siblings, the elusive "our brother, Jacob." He is a lover of boardgames, volleyball and general merriment. His new home is not close, but we've maintained our sibling affection with quarterly texts and weekends that are never long enough.

Jeremy

Bridesman

Jessica's Brother - Jeremy, my brother and best friend, always willing to hang, and always making the hangouts better just cause he's there. Jeremy is also a lover of boardgames, and volleyball, and general merriment. We are in fact related. We shared a wall as kids and now share a neighborhood, making spontaneous lunches and carpooling wonderfully convenient.

Olivia

Bridesmaid

Jessica's Friend - Olivia and I have been friends for two decades, woah. She went from middle school project partner to college roommate, and now we're practically neighbors in Schnitzelburg. Always a constant in my life, she's my besteranous best friend and I've known she'd be by my side on my wedding day since I was 13. Fun fact, Olivia knew Garrett before I did when they worked together at the movies long ago.

Ben

Groomsman

Garrett's Friend - Also Ben. Ben and I met at UK and play a lot of video games. We may both be busy and Ben may have 3 babies now, but we still manage to hang out online and even play some disc golf together.

Michael

Groomsman

Garrett's Brother-in-Law - Michael's one of the most passionate people I know. I don't always understand them, but they're passions nonetheless. We share a love of board games and disc golf and I'm happy to call him my brother-in-law and friend.

Whitney

Groomswoman

Garrett's Sister - Whitney's my little sister. Despite actually almost killing each other several times, we've always been close. We liked to play games and annoy each other as kids and the tradition continues.

Veronica

Bridesmaid

Jessica's Friend - Veronica and I met in high school and became even closer friends in college when she was an honorary Bellarmine student. Veronica is the ultimate hype friend, with kind, honest words that have been proven to lift my spirits. It was an honor to stand with Veronica on her wedding day and I'm so happy to have her with me on mine.

Tony

Groomsman

Garrett's Friend - Tony and I met through Jessica at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It started off as online board games and occasional outdoor get togethers due to pandemic times. Tony is always up to learn and play new board games. We also share a love for hammocks, as seen in the photo.

Nick

Groomsman

Garrett's Friend - Nick and I met in 2020. He also recently bought an old house that needed some love. We play on a volleyball team together and have done some random projects together like building a compost box. We do like to go camping but have only managed a trip together once so far. Hopefully another trip is in our future!

Megan

Bridesmaid

Jessica's Friend - Megan and I have been in step with each other from the beginning, starting at 14 when we wished we were friends but were too shy to say hi. I don't think anyone would call us shy now, as our individual personalities developed so did our friendship. I am thrilled and not at all surprised that our weddings are less than 6 months apart and so happy to have Megan's friendship for all life events.