Wedding Party
Jamie Chaney
Maid of Honor
Jamie and Ashley met at Royal Manor Elementary School and have been best friends for over 25 years. Ashley and Jamie are more like sisters than friends and no matter the distance between them they have always stayed in touch and pick up right where they left off. There are too many stories to tell of Ashley's relationship with Jamie, but one of her favorite memories is when Jamie visited Ashley in Seattle during her R&R from Afghanistan and after a long night of drinking Jamie ripped her wig off and spun it around with the bouncer later wearing it.
Kelvio Gomes
Best Man
Jonathan and Kelvio met while working at Menards in 2003. They became friends after discovering they had a mutual interest in house music and clubbing. They started going to Chicago clubs together every weekend and built the strong bromance they have today. Jon's fondest memory with Kelvio is the weekend before Kelvio deployed to Iraq. A night that still goes down in infamy!
Jamie Lavender
Bridesmaid
Ashley and Jamie met on Craigslist after Ashley replied to an ad looking for girlfriends after first moving to Los Angeles. They met at Drais for what Ashley thought was Jamie's 23rd birthday, but was really her 19th birthday and they immediately clicked and the rest is history. Ashley and Jamie have had so many adventures, but one of Ashley's favorite memories of Jamie is their first EDC weekend together. The weekend was too wild to recap, but goes down as one of the best weekends in history and will never be forgotten!
Samuel Schultz
Groomsman
Jonathan and Samuel met while in their mother’s womb. They are identical mirror twins. They went to high school and college together and lived together following college for a few years. Samuel moved to San Diego and Jonathan moved to Los Angeles soon after where they still reside.
Tiara Strickland
Bridesmaid
Ashley and Tiara also met at Royal Manor Elementary and have been friends for over 25 years. They spent countless childhood days playing house, barbies and riding bikes through Gahanna, but have always stayed in touch over the years. Ashley's fondest memories of Tiara are from their childhood full of slumber parties, playing house, Dairy Twist and too many dance routines to count!
Kevin Freundt
Groomsman
Jonathan and Kevin met in 2nd grade in cub scouts. They went to elementary and middle school together. They remained good friends through high school college hanging out often. Some of Jonathan’s fondest memories of Kevin are nights at pools halls, East Side Chicago clubs, parties and every night out ended at Yellow Ribbon with ultimate omelets.
Brooke Griffin
Bridesmaid
Brooke and Ashley met through Jamie Lavender originally, but bonded after Brooke made a post looking for someone to watch her french bulldog while she went out of town. Ashley responded because Jon was obsessed with frenchies and after meeting Hawk Ashley became obsessed too. Ashley and Jon adopted Hawk as their god dog and loved him so much they got their frenchie Pierre. Brooke is now Pierre's Godmother and Hawk and Pierre are the best of friends.
Braden McClements
Groomsman
Jonathan and Braden met in high school but started hanging out a lot in college because Billy, Kevin and Braden were roommates and fraternity brothers. Jonathan and Braden worked together at Menards after college and spent a lot of time together until Braden moved to California, but still kept in touch visiting each other often. When Braden moved back to Chicago, Braden, Jonathan and Sam were roommates and had many crazy adventures together. Jon has many fond memories with Braden, but many cannot be repeated in polite company.
Alicia Hanf
Bridesmaid
Ashley and Alicia met in 2007 when they were stationed at Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base while Alicia was pregnant with her oldest daughter Jordyn. Even after moving away from Washington, they kept in touch over the years and became neighbors in California a few years ago. One of Ashley's fondest memories of Alicia is a night out in Hollywood that involved a gatorade bottle of vodka, Lure and a photo booth picture that should never see the light of day!
Billy Corcoran
Groomsman
Jonathan and Billy met in 4th grade and played basketball and football together at Catholic school along with CJ, Kevin and Sam. Jonathan and Billy hung out through middle school, high school and college and have an array of wild memories.
Angela Rhodes
Bridesmaid
Ashley and Angela met at Rodeo Realty soon after Ashley got her real estate license. They got to know each other at Rodeo's Friday happy hour and became fast friends bonding over finding discounts/deals, cocktails and pool days! One of Ashley's fondest memories of Angela is their many karaoke performances at Rodeo happy hour where Angela dominated the mic to Salt 'N' Pepa.
Steve Woodruff
Groomsman
Jonathan met Steve in 2004 when he was out visiting Braden in California. Steve is also from Chicago and Jon would meet up with Steve and Braden when they were in town. After Jon moved to Los Angeles they hung out more frequently going on adventures such as sailing, visiting Las Vegas, frequenting Vietnamese coffee shops, riding Steve's tandem bike through Orange County and building guns just to name a few. Steve is Jon's most adventurous friend and always down to try new things!
Emily Diepenbrock
Bridesmaid
Ashley and Emily knew of each other long before they actually met as they had a close mutual friend, Nathan Harrell, however, they officially met at a 4th of July party at the 90210 house on Emily's first day in California. Ashley's favorite memory of Emily is an adventure Summer 2018 at Anjunabeach music festival in Huntington Beach. There are too many adventures to recap of that day many that are inside jokes between Emily, Ashley and Jamie Lavender, but the night ended with an Uber driver who won his car on the Price is Right and a stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut. Need I say more.
CJ Stromberg
Groomsman
Jonathan and CJ met in 4th grade. They went to school together through 8th grade but hung out all the time through middle school and high school. Jon’s fondest memories with CJ are the many parties they had at CJ’s dad’s house over the years!