Wedding Party

Valerie Bachman

Maid of Honor

The BEST BESTIE that there ever was! The top dog! The boss lady! The Voice of Reason! She loves hugging and her picture taken,

Waylon Owens

Best Man

Waylon is our youngest son, he has Autism and has defied all odds. He's his own man and has loved his Eric from the moment they met. He is funny, sweet and savage.

Debbie Barton

Cat Herder

Debbie has a dog. Debbie has 7 cats. Debbie drinks chocolate milk. Debbie eats peanut butter and jelly. Debbie was a nurse. Debbie likes to sleep.

Russell McKinnon

GRAMPS

The MAN. The MYTH. The LEGAND!!! Former cage fighter, known as "The Busted Knuckle" Runner for Whitey Bulger FBI sharp shooter Body Guard for Mike Tyson 1st Place winner for best scrambled eggs, Lee County fair 2012 Superman's stunt double There isn't anything this man can't do

Tara Madison

Dove Releaser

Tara and I met in hair school many years ago. She spent a decade working with the Barnum Bailey's circus. She focused on horse training as she was a bareback rider. After getting bucked and suffering a broken pelvis she came back even stronger. On a whim, she auditioned as a back up dancer, well she got it! If you watch the video of "When Doves Cry" you will see our girl. She was a lead back up dancer for Prince during his last three tours, The fame hasn't gone to her head though, she just wants us to call her THE QUEEN.

Ryan Tuttle

Red Spring Road Pony Express

Ryan is the best brother a gal could ask for. He is killing it as a librarian. He is looking forward to his next Furry convention, as he identifies mostly as a squirrel now. That is the main reason everything will be nut-free at the reception. We wouldn't want him to get real "nutty" on such a special day. He has begun attending night school to pursue his dreams as a florist. To pay for night school he is offering "pony" rides for $20 up and down his road. The animals being ridden are large dogs, some goats and some are his children dressed as ponies.......I will be attaching a Go Fund Me for Ryan, I can't keep continue to see my niece and nephew ridden around like petting zoo animals just so my brother can keep his phone turned on. Please help if you can, my niece has begun eating hay to make this "show" look more realist.

Donna Mckinnon

Lead Controller

Donna, is Auntie to all and everyone she meets!! She just finished up filming her latest kids show called "Why Bad Things Happen". Her ideas of just ignoring bad things have really hit home with kiddos around the world. She has recently purchased a house boat where she plans to write her memoirs of her time on Miami Vice, shoe modeling and her time working for Jane Fonda, on her exercise tape "Buns, Guns and Glutes" She has just accepted a role as a head fan girl for Facebook, choosing to hype up everyone she knows with cute little emojis on every single picture they post.

Bobby Souza

Flower Girl

Bobby has been my son for all of his life. He loves to give away his possessions for free. Bobby loves people with sticky, dirty hands to hug him and touch him. He is a barber that specializes in portraits on back hair. This is a fad in the barbering world called "Bring Art Back". His work was featured in "The Hairy Man" magazine, issue 77 with a stunning portrait of Sylvester Stalone. These back hair portraits are putting Bobby on the map and he is looking at a very promising career. If you have extremely thick and full back hair, Bobby will be offering free portraits of the bride and groom in your back hair during cocktail hour. This is a $300 value

Brit Tan NAY Gilmore

Hand Sanitizer Station Attendee

Brit and I have worked together for many years!!! She used to date Eric and actually introduced us. She is an armature carpenter and has made many many wooden structures around Bonita Springs. If you are looking for things to do around the wedding please view one of her pieces in RiverSide Park, titled "Stack O Wood". These are just to be viewed and not climbed on. She has really grown her business by working with the local funeral home doing hair and makeup. So far she has had no complaints and her new guests seem super happy. They don't even mind if she drinks on the job! She has overcome many tough issues in her 20's, we were so grateful when they finally allowed her to leave rehab for hair extensions (She had covered her entire body in them!) She has fought through a terrible itching disorder and a near fatal spider bite. Nothing compares to the fateful day she had an allergic reaction to Chinese food, her eyes were puffy for months. She will be performing a rendition of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" at the wedding, we are so excited.

Andrew Tuttle

Security

Andrew is a great Uncle and is so happy since he has retired from his stock car racing career. He may walk slowly with a terrible limp, but boy, can he drive. This limp was from stepping on a landmine in Vietnam. That was where he met his first wife, Ling. They had a thriving nail business for years, Andrew specialized the most in the massages they offered late at night. Many women and men cried when he longer could massage because of terrible carpel tunnel. Awaiting surgery for his hands they curled up like lobster claws, but thankfully he learned to dress and feed himself with his feet, even with his wound from the war! Things have settled down a bit for Andrew, he now participates eating contests all around Florida. He currently holds the title for most breakfast sausages eaten in SW Florida. In his free time he whittles tiny guitars from beach wood he rescues from the Gulf of Mexico, selling them on the roadside of a dusty old highway. He said he is happy and beach wood makes him feel whole.

Ashley Malecha

Snow Plower

Ashley and I work together at the shop. She is from Minnesota and after years of running a wildly successful only women snowplowing business, "Snow Blowers" she moved to Florida! She still loves wearing those snow boots with her bikini, its her signature look here in SW Florida. Her side business is "Babes with Boots" where tourists can get a pic with her in her famous snow boots and bikini. If this is something you would like to make happen while down for the wedding, please let us know.

Johnny Owens

Lego putter togetherer

Johhny is 15 and doesn't like any of us, unless we are willing to drive to get him legos or give him money.

Josh Bachman

Kung Fu Fighter

Josh is my uncle, but was almost my stepdad. He married my aunt Val after dating my mom for a few weeks. Mumma and Josh broke up after she kept getting kicked out of the skate park by security. I heard it was a safety issue. Josh has been a mental health clinician for many years. His style of counseling is very popular, Scream Therapy, originating from Northern Russia. He just screams obscenities at his patients and they just thrive from the abuse. He is a real people person. loves to go deep. A super dedicated runner he does his 5 mile run down Bonita Beach Rd in his Speedo every morning. This guy has become a local legend in these parts. There is a FaceBook page dedicated exclusively to pictures of him running in his tiny suit. It's called "The Jogging Jigger". If you happen upon him while visiting Sunny South West Florida, please snap a pic. We think one of his very sophisticated Speedos might take a jog around the wedding, so have your phone handy.

Madison

Ring Leader

Maddie is a fantastic young lady and a honor roll student. She began the first girl's Fight Club in Massachusetts. Her fists just had to be registered in the state of Florida as deadly weapons for her to be allowed to leave the state because of her parole officer. She just got off house arrest, completed a short term work release program after a short bid in Framingham Women's Prison.

Luke Tuttle

Usher