Wedding Party
Rae Ritenour
Bride
Rae spends her days doing hair and nails at Julie’s salon, and her nights convincing Sam they need a third cat. She loves the outdoors, music, art, dancing & her family and friends. And is mostly looking forward to marrying Sam, and of course the cake.
Sam Shaffer
Groom
Sam has a heart as big as his smile, he’s the most supportive, loving partner to Rae and a great cat dad to Momo and Moonie, he loves the outdoors, fishing, skateboarding, and cooking for Rae & he can’t wait to start their new chapter together!
Tiffany Wienel
Maid of Honor
The brides sister and tagged the best Maid of Honor the very second she was asked, Tiff and Rae grew up with their differences, but as they grew up they only grew closer, and make sure to text every single day. Tiff loves her 3 dogs (Raven, Kaiya, and Jazmin) her husband Jake, her Farm consisting of goats and chickens, spending time out doors with a craft beer in her hand, and being a good time at any party.
Ashlee Terry
Bridesmaid
Cousin (more like 2nd sister) to the bride, Ashlee is a mom of 2 to Daryl and Suzie, loves the outdoors, hanging out with her kids, her husband Tre, baking, and family gatherings. Ashlee’s favorite memory with her and Rae: You are one of my most favorite people on this Earth and I met you at your birth. I have too many memories to choose but honestly one of my most recent ones is us accidentally getting wine drunk on thanksgiving with your sister’s wine you were supposed to be bringing back to her 😂
MaRina Coccaro
Bridesmaid
Rae’s best friend since the 3rd grade, one of the longest friendships either of them have had, they never strayed away from each other and have been together through all of life’s experiences from our first fights, high school, graduations, life changes, and etc. When life gets busy and they have to go months without seeing each other, when they reunite it’s like they never spent a minute apart. MaRina’s favorite memory with Rae: Friends since the 4 grade!! Fav memory is being able to celebrate all of our life milestones together! Graduating high school, college, getting engaged, getting married, babies, etc❤️
Angel Doyle
Bridesmaid
Angel is one of Rae’s very best friends and favorite people, they spontaneously met through Sam and angels now husband Gavin being best of friends, and it ended up being the friendship both of them never knew they needed. Angels favorite memory with Rae: Watching the girl that was mean to us get arrested in front of Hugo’s
Ashlan Hixenbaugh
Bridesmaid
Another one of Rae’s best friends, they met on a beach trip, but “met” might be generous. All the guys had been friends forever, and we were just the girlfriends who got brought along. Instead of instantly becoming best friends like a cute coming-of-age movie, we basically spent the whole trip politely ignoring each other. Classic awkward teenage girl energy. I’m pretty sure we were both thinking, “She seems cool… but I’m scared.” Since our partners were close, we kept ending up in the same places, over and over again. And every time we hung out, it got easier. The conversations got longer. The laughs got louder. The inside jokes started stacking up. Somewhere along the way, she stopped being “one of the girlfriends” and became my best friend. It’s honestly scary how similar we are. Same humor, same dramatic reactions, same ability to turn a simple story into a full production. If you’ve seen us together - you know. It’s like we’re clones. Ashlans favorite memory with Rae: Picking a favorite memory feels impossible. But if I absolutely had to choose, I’d say our 2021 beach trip to Oak Island. That trip was just constant laughter, chaos in the best way, late night talks, and the kind of joy that makes your stomach hurt from laughing. It’s been about six years now, and what started as two awkward girls on a beach turned into a lifelong friendship. She’s my sister, my built-in best friend, my ride or die, and I know for a fact she’ll be in my life forever.
Emma Laughlin
Bridesmaid
Rae’s coworker turned into best friend, Emma is one of Rae’s comfort people, seeing each other everyday at work because they’ve somehow managed to work the same exact hours, and never getting sick of each other. Emma loves 7 brew, cows, cars, her family, shopping, and the summer time!! Emma’s favorite memory with Rae: When me you and Jesslyn impulsively went to get piercings after work on a random Saturday
Jesslyn Skinner
Bridesmaid
Jesslyn and Rae met working together at Julie’s, and instantly had a connection that turned into a friendship, making jesslyn the first person Rae was close with only working at Julie’s for a short period of time. Before Rae, jesslyn felt misplaced in her work environment. Nobody looked like her, had humor like her, listened to the same music as her, etc. Miss Rae walked in for her second day at the salon, and Jesslyn finally felt comfortable. Her cool hair, perfectly placed tattoos, and alternative style made her feel seen. Immediately, she forced her way into Rae’s routine in hopes she would seek a friend in her, too. And nevee would have expected it to be the best aggressive decision I've ever made. Jesslyns favorite memory with Rae: Rae hosting a friendsgiving, in which she invited Emma and I. It made me realize that she saw me just as equal to the friends she’s had for years. This was very special to me.
Jake Shaffer
Best Man
Jake is Sam’s older brother, he plays hockey, takes karate & jujitsu classes, and loves spending time with his 2 kids Jensen and Kensley, hunting, & boating. Jake says since his parents went on to have another kid 8 years after him, sam ruined his only child status. Regardless, he is excited to party & for rae to be his sister in law
Andrew Zyvith
Groomsman
Andrew is one of Sam’s best friends, they met through each other’s families at Andrew’s 8th birthday party & have been friends ever since. Andrew likes fishing, lighting fireworks, shooting guns & playing video games with sam. Andrew’s favorite memory with sam: Playing Halo 3 together when they were kids
Nick Crawford
Groomsman
Nick is Rae’s bestfriend MaRinas Fiancée, they met around 5 years ago and bonded over music, skateboarding, & Miller Lites, and then also became friends. Nicks favorite memory with sam: The time they caught a bird that flew into his house during a birthday party
Gavin Doyle
Groomsman
Gavin & Sam met in a high school study hall & have been friends ever since, Gavin likes to golf, work on cars, & hang out with his wife Angel & two little girls Delilah & Veola. Gavin’s favorite memory of him and sam: when Gavin lived with him at his parents house, and sam’s mom Jeanne would make them pancakes at 2 am when they were hungry.
Caleb Harskowitch
Groomsman
Caleb and Sam have been bestfriends since middle school. He likes hockey, hitting the bar with friends, wasting his money on trading cards and collectibles, & spending time with friends and family Caleb’s favorite memory with sam: Honestly from middle school till now I could read a novel of memories between sam and I. From day one we’ve experienced a lot together and shared too many laughes to count. But something I’ll never forget is when we founded driveway trickshots. An Instagram account where we made the dopest hockey and basketball shots imaginable, laughing the entire time we did it. It never took off though… the public didn’t appreciate what we had to offer. I think that really solidified the brotherhood we’d have years to come
Mack Shaffer
Groomsman
Mack is Sam’s first cousin on his dad’s side, and a true Shaffer through and through, just like his cousin. Mack enjoys spending quality time with family, thinking about working out, time off from his job, long drives at sunset, evening Pirates games in person with a hot dog and a beer, and bar crawling with cousins. Mack’s family moved around a lot growing up, so he and Sam weren’t exactly neighbors, but they made it work with at least one visit every summer. Every single time, it was like no time had passed at all. Sam has always been the source of laughter and the source of feeling on their side of the family, and Mack has had a front row seat to it his whole life. Mack’s favorite memory with Sam: Sammy came down to Florida specifically to see Volbeat opening for Metallica. They ended up running late, thanks to Mack’s brother Wes doing what Wes does, and pulled into the parking lot just in time to hear Volbeat playing their last song from the car. Mack felt terrible, but Sammy, being Sammy, just shrugged it off and made sure the Metallica show more than made up for it. That whole trip was lightning in a bottle. They haven’t hit that peak since, but Mack has a feeling this wedding is about to top it. Growing up, their favorite hobby was being obnoxious in front of the adults. Look at them now. They are the adults. Still just as fun, slightly less endearing. Sam, so happy to be standing next to you on your big day.
Nick Buczek
Groomsman
Nick and Sam have been best friends since middle school, he enjoys hiking, fishing, and spending time with his friends and family. Nicks favorite memory with sam: when he introduced sam to skateboarding & all the years of working together