Wedding Party
Nicholl Hess
Matron of Honor
Nicholl and Felicia met in January 2021 when Nicholl started working in the infant room with Felicia. While Nicholl was shy and reserved, Felicia was loud and outgoing. Felicia kept bringing Nicholl out of her shell and they knew very quickly that their opposite personalities were the perfect compliment to each other! They spent time co-teaching in the infant room before moving to separate rooms, until one day they ended up back up together in the same classroom! From there they became inseparable best friends. They enjoy getting to spend everyday working together and Felicia loves the time she gets to spend with Nicholl and her daughters inside and outside of work!
Douglas Long
Best Man
Doug is Billy's younger brother. Growing up they loved to play sports outside in the neighborhood all day and stay up late playing Nintendo all night. They were competitive and fought just as hard as they played. Doug usually lost, which led him to a lifetime rooting interest in the Dallas Cowboys. As adults they remained close and ultimately have teamed up to help give Andrew a great life.
Katelynn Flynn
Bridesmaid
Katelynn and Felicia were destined to be friends the moment Katelynn's youngest son began in Felicia's toddler classroom. They talked many times during pick-up and drop-off and got to know each other. Shortly after Felicia moved into the preschool room, her son aged into the room as well; allowing them to continue having those small moments of growing their friendship. They soon realized that they had the same interests in not only things like music but life in general. Once they connected the bond was unbreakable! All thanks to a sweet, little boy in Felicia's classroom!
Aaron Kulper
Groomsman
Aaron and Billy met when they were just kids when Aaron would visit his grandma across the street from Billy's childhood home. They would compete in two hand touch football in the street and baseball in the yard. They became close friends as adults while working at Horseman's Park. Aaron is Billy's chief rival in golf and can usually can be found using his foot wedge to move his ball into the fairway when nobody is looking.
Holly Goshinski
Bridesmaid
Holly and Felicia met when Felicia was introduced to Billy's family shortly after they began dating. They instantly hit it off and started to spend time together outside of normal family events! Holly has been there for Felicia throughout the entire wedding chaos, but mostly she's helped her grow a strong relationship with Billy and his family!
Timothy Goshinski
Groomsman
Tim is Billy's older brother by 11 years. Tim has always been there for his brothers, from cooking holiday meals to offering life advice. He can tell you a lot of funny stories about Billy as a kid, like how he would break his toys and swap them out for Doug's without Doug knowing. Billy has annoyed Tim since before he could speak, but nothing was more annoying than a five year old Billy memorizing the password to his Apple IIC computer to play games while Tim was at work.
Jessica Arnold
Bridesmaid
Jessica and Felicia met in July 2020 when Felicia began working at A Step Ahead. Jessica was Felicia's assistant director at the time when they began to develop a great work/friend relationship. Jessica is now Felicia's director and helps her grow not only in her career but as a person outside the classroom!
Michael Zack
Groomsman
Billy met Mike while working overnights in Fraud at PayPal. They quickly bonded over their love for trivia, marvel movies, and arguing about how Nebraska was the true national champions in '97. Both also love bottom tier NFL teams, however Billy has a slight edge because his team at least had a bright future and Mike's team is the Raiders.
Jamie Halderman
Bridesmaid
Jamie and Felicia met in July 2020 when Felicia started working at A Step Ahead. Jamie spent many days working in the infant room with Felicia, helping her out through the highs and lows of her first year in childcare! Jamie and Felicia realized after some time how many similarities they had and the friendship blossomed! Felicia helped introduce Jamie into the world of coffee, and there's been no looking back since!
Michael Andrews
Groomsman
Mike and Billy while working at Horseman's Park. Even though Mike does not "remember" doing so, he was wearing a Korn shirt the first time they met. Despite his poor music choice, they still became great friends. They both love a good argument and there are many legendary tales of their verbal battles whispered around the city of Omaha. Mike is Billy's permanent golf partner and together they win free hot dogs from Doug and Aaron on any given Saturday in the summer.
Gwen Goshinski
Junior Bridesmaid
Gwen and Felicia were both very excited to become family when Billy proposed to Felicia. Gwen and Felicia have shared many common interests in life and it did not take long for them to grow a friendship! They both love cute animal videos, funny games and this crazy thing called candy salad! Felicia can't wait to watch Gwen grow through life as the niece she has always wanted!
Andrew Long
Junior Groomsman
Andrew is Billy's nephew. Billy has been there for him since the day he was born. Andrew has always loved his uncle. Billy remembers him walking around as a toddler saying "Uncle Billy, Uncle Billy!" on repeat for hours at a time! Billy has been blessed to have Andrew live with him since he was 4 years old. Andrew also hit it off with Felicia right away, which endeared her even more to Billy. Billy is so proud of the young man he's becoming, but he never wants him to forget that he can never beat his uncle in Fortnite 1v1!
Veronica Hess
Petal Patrol
Veronica is the oldest daughter of the Matron of Honor Nicholl. She met Felicia when she became a student in Felicia's infant classroom at just one year old. Veronica and Felicia both enjoy spending time with each other and love giving each other hugs when they pass in the hallway at school! Veronica will forever be the niece Felicia always wanted and can't wait to be the auntie Veronica always needed!
Brooklyn Goldenstein
Petal Patrol
Brooklyn is the daughter of Billy's niece Megan. Billy is always excited to see happy and outgoing Brooklyn at family functions because it reminds him of Megan when she was that age. While Brooklyn is excited to be a part of her uncle Billy's wedding she would probably say she's most excited to spend the day with Felicia.
Sadie Hess
Petal Patrol
Sadie is the youngest daughter of the Matron of Honor Nicholl. Felicia has been in Sadie's life since the day she was born. She's loved being able to watch her grow from a tiny newborn to a wild and rambunctious preschooler! Felicia loves all the time she gets to spend with her in and out of the classroom...even if Sadie does prefer her uncle Billy!
Griffon Goldenstein
Ring Ranger
Griffon is the son of Billy's niece Megan. Billy immediately knew that Griffon would excel at being the best little man to secure the rings on his big day. While Griffon won't remember much about being in his first wedding, Billy is looking forward to seeing the tiny dude in his handsome, little tux!