Tjaden & Melanie
Wedding Party
Taylre Wilke
Maid of Honor
Taylre is one of Melanie's best friends. Their friendship began in 7th grade when Melanie began school at the Loyal Public School. A shared love of sports and uncontrollable laughing led these two to be inseparable through high-school. Today, even in their busy lives and near impossible schedules, they make time to get together and catch up on things and talk as if no time has passed at all.
Courtney Bauer
Bridesmaid
Courtney and Melanie are life long best friends that grew up just a mile down the road from each other. Their childhood was spent bouncing back in forth between houses for play dates and sleepovers. School bus seat buddies, bike riding, trampoline jumping, climbing on hay bales.. Today as adults, they live just a few blocks away from each other in Loyal and spend most weekends together with Tjaden and Cody creating memories!
Tehya Brostowitz
Bridesmaid
Tehya is Tjaden's only sister. Melanie and Tehya have always considered the other a sister, even in the early years of Melanie and Tjaden's relationship. Spending time together laughing at movies and making fun of Tjaden are their favorite things to do together. Tehya has the best sense of humor and always has the right things to say. Melanie couldn't be happier to officially have Tehya as a sister!
Carly Stumpner
Bridesmaid
Melanie and Carly are cousins, born one day apart. Since the beginning, these two have been extremely close and through childhood, shared a lot of important milestones. Some of Melanie's best memories are those spent with Carly playing on the farm and hiding from their parents when it was time for Carly to go back home. Now their conversations have changed from talking about kittens and barbie dolls to what is new in the world of animal studies and nursing.
Jennifer Reis
Bridesmaid
Best friends since 7th grade, these girls have bonded over laughing at anything and everything. They bonded on their many shared interests, and it is no surprise that they both are thriving in their careers as registered nurses. No matter how much time passes between these two meeting up, they can pick up right where they left off.
Melinda Brueggen
Bridesmaid
Mindy and Melanie met when Melanie began working at Marshfield hospital in 2016. They instantly became friends and are each others biggest supporters. Long work days are so much better when you're best friend is there to laugh with you. On days off, they can likely be found eating sushi or greenhouse shopping!
Cody Olson
Best Man
Tjaden and Cody were early childhood friends but it wasn't until they began working with each other in 2014 at Grassland that they became best buds. It is hard to see one without the other, as most things they do, they do together. Today they both drive semi for Fellenz Farms and share the dream of one day having their own companies. Weeks are spent on the road, but weekends are always filled with projects, bonfires and lots and LOTS of beer.
John Noble
Groomsman
Tjaden and John met on the road a few years ago while sitting in line at a feed mill. They hit it off talking about trucks and how they got started driving. Amazed at how much they had in common, they exchanged phone numbers and began calling each other here and there. Quickly becoming best friends, these two now spend hours talking on the phone everyday. Tjaden and John spend as much time as they can in the shop working on their trucks together.
Mark Harm
Groomsman
Tjaden and Mark met very young at Appletree Preschool, a Loyal daycare. Their shared love of farm toy tractors made them good friends. They remained friends all through school and now they enjoy taking their pull trucks to the track on weekends. As the saying goes, "boys never grow up, their toys just get bigger and more expensive." Though they don't hang out as much as they'd like, Tjaden really cherishes their friendship, and both he and Melanie are happy to have Mark be apart of their special day!
Cody Niemi
Groomsman
Tjaden and Cody met through mutual friends and shared a lot of interests in vehicles and all things that go fast. After a few long and unforgettable road trips they have become each others go-to guy for bringing home project vehicles. Cody always brings the life to the party and knows how to make people laugh. Cody is one of the most down to earth guys, and Tjaden and Melanie couldn't imagine their wedding day without him.
Brenden DeVries
Groomsman
Tjaden and Brenden grew up and played sports together. Through grade school they spent their time riding bikes around Loyal and "causing trouble." They were inseparable through high school but when Brenden graduated, he joined the Army and has been stationed oversees the last two years. They have been able to stay in touch through social media but Tjaden is thankful to have him home to do a lot of catching up and have him stand by his side on this important day.
Joseph Prusinski
Groomsman
Joseph and Tjaden had older brothers in the same grade and met while playing backyard sports with them after school. Tjaden always liked Joseph for his sense of humor and easy-to-like personality. After high school, they worked at Grassland together and enjoyed having a few beers with their buddies. Now that they both work different jobs over the road, they enjoy catching up whenever they can.