Wedding Party
Rachelle Lambert
MAID OF HONOR
Raelyn's older sister and designated MOH from birth! A favorite memory: Growing up together while sharing a room and the countless memories that come with that... playing dress up, performing concerts and dance recitals, riding our bikes together, and constantly having stupid fights, to name a few. Our sweet childhood together created a bond that will never be broken, and as we grew up, the silly fights stopped and we became best friends by choice not circumstance.
Cooger Smith
BEST MAN
Tanner's best friend of 20 years. 20 years says it all. Cooger and I have experienced almost our entire lives together as best friends. We have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly but countless memories were made along the way. From Braving the stormy seas of Lake Odell with his dad, timing each other to see who could chug beer the fastest on a Tuesday night in college, to some how surviving a trip to Mexico without the girls there to keep us in check. Coog and I have a friendship that will stand until we are both long gone. Having a friend like Cooger is a true blessing, can't wait to hear him try and one up my Best Man speech this summer. Good luck Coog.
Emily Lambert
MATRON OF HONOR
Raelyn won the sister-in-law jackpot when Emily married her older brother Jared A favorite memory: Having a sleepover and girls night in Portland to see the most sweet and intimate Daniel Nunnelee concert. That's when I knew I'd be choosing Emily if Jared and she ever ended up breaking up. Thank the Lord that never happened!
Alex Hughes
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's Friend A favorite memory: Alex and I's friendship started off in a unusual manner. We first met in 6th grade in the boys locker room before P.E. and for some reason Alex decided he wanted to pick on the big quiet kid. After a entire P.E. class of listening to Alex's bs I shoved him into the bleachers on our way back to the locker room. Ever since then we have been great friends and I am so thankful to have Alex in my corner.
Karly Easterday
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's friend and former college golf teammate A favorite memory: When Karly visited me for what was supposed to be a short summer weekend in Redmond and she ended up staying for 6 days. We floated the river, went roller blading, country dancing, shopping, and got attacked by an angry swan while golfing at Pronghorn.
Justin Doan
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's Friend A favorite memory: Justin and I really started hanging out a lot in college. We ended up in the same program at LBCC after I realized OSU wasn't for me. One day on our way to class we had a grand idea to skip class that day and drive 5 hours to Lucky Eagle Casino so that we could gamble. We did just that and we had a lot of fun the entire trip. Good times.
Taylor Lund
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's friend and former college golf teammate & roommate A favorite memory: When we lived together in Salem for a far too short and magical summer back in 2019. So many summer evenings spent sunbathing by the pool, watching tv or going to dive bars. She is the best roomie ever and such a good cook!!!
Sonny Smith
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's friend and ex roommate A favorite memory: Sonny and I lived with each other for about a year and half and we shared a lot of good fellowship. We were the embodiment of living like bachelors. Eating pizza, Sonic, McDonalds, you name it we ate it. We had lots of good conversations about basically everything, from small talk to life's biggest questions. Lots of good times with Sundog.
Casey Voges
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's friend and former college golf teammate & roommate A favorite memory: When we went to Maui together during a mini hurricane and Casey got absolutely rocked and taken out by a wave when we were attempting to casually swim. Honorable mention would be when we were traveling to Victoria Canada for a golf tournament and we got in a fight over tomato soup (you can't make this up lol).
Ryan Fiocchi
GROOMSMAN
Tanners friend and fellow brother in Christ. A favorite memory: Ryan is someone I can always count on to help out or just be a ear to listen to me ramble. Ryan has played a huge part in helping me when I was at my lowest spots in life, I truly don't know where I would be if I didn't have him at my side. My favorite memory of Ryan was watching him get baptized at Cline Falls, definitely didn't draw a tear to my eye.
Kailey Smith
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's fast friend after she moved back to town from college A favorite memory: This girl never misses an opportunity to pop a bottle of champagne and I love her for it! Notable memories that come to mind are cliff jumping at crescent lake, dancing front row at the most random cover band concerts at the Blacksmith, and when we discovered our mutual love of white/brown noise when we sleep (and now force all of our friends to listen to it when we travel together).
Zach Brinkley
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's friend A favorite memory: Zach and I have so many fun memories, we really made sure we were never bored during summer breaks. By far my favorite memory with Zachary was mobbing around Redmond on a tandem bike he picked up. Zach made the mistake one time of letting me steer the bike and we happened to be going through a park at the time and I steered right into a man in a wheelchair. Not my brightest moment to say the least. After we made sure he was okay we laughed about it for weeks.
Lexi Williamson
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's fast friend after she moved back to town from college A favorite memory: As one of my sweet concert buddies, it's so hard to choose a favorite. Two I hold close to my heart are when we finally got to see Noah Kahan and were hugging while he sang "Forever" and paddleboarding on the river during the closing of Rufus Du Sol while watching the lights reflect across the water. Another not-so-sweet memory I feel obligated to mention is when we were celebrating Lexi's birthday at the Campfire Hotel and nearly burnt the place down because we lit 26 individual candles on a very small cake. Close call and lesson learned!
Mick Wilson
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's "special" friend A favorite memory: New Orleans wasn't especially kind to Mick when we were down there for my bachelor party. Mick managed to get his phone stolen, lose his debit card, and his ID. Looking back it is absolutely hysterical and Mick was a good sport about it. It was only right that something bad had to happen to him while we were on our boys trip.
Brady Adams
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's fast friend after she moved back to town from college A favorite memory: When we had a sleepover at my old apartment and were sitting on the rooftop deep into a very emotional conversation (that may or may not have been enhanced by gummies) when a voice from the heavens spoke down to us and we seriously thought God Himself was speaking to us for a second (it turned out to be an employee of the hotel next door saying we weren't supposed to be on the roof. Oops!) I would also be remiss not to mention the time we bought flights to Italy together and celebrated by getting matching tattoos not even a month later. La vida e bella!!!
Will Vassaur
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's friend and ex-roommate A favorite memory: My favorite memory of Will and I was when we first moved into our apartment together. Sharing meals, chatting after work, and gaming together. This part of my life was so huge in my growth and I can't thank Will enough for being such a big part of it. He also happens to be a great uncle to our pets Missy, Frankie, and Frannie
Carly Owen
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's fast friend after she moved back to town from college A favorite memory: When we went on a friend date at Wild Ride and Carly told me she was moving to Texas but we became besties anyways, we just couldn't help ourselves! Another core memory I cherish dearly is when we were in Lake Tahoe for her bachelorette trip and went on a night swim and were screaming, laughing, and running around in circles in the most wholesome peak girlhood moment.
Jaiden Jones
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's friend and fellow brother in Christ A favorite memory: It's hard to choose just one, but I think my favorite memory of Jaiden is when he swanton bombed off of a counter straight to the floor. Luckily we have both grown up since high school, now Jaiden and I spend most of our time together at the front row of Journey church
Willow True
BRIDESMAID
Raelyn's fast friend after she moved back to town from college A favorite memory: When we went to the Pendleton Round Up together, bonded on the car ride, danced our heads off all night, and camped in a parking lot in Willow's really cool one-step pop up tent. Honorable mentions would be when we went camping at Crescent Lake and got absolutely pelted by a hailstorm in the back of a pickup truck and dancing together at the Zach Bryan concert (before spending the next 3 hours in standstill traffic, which dampened the mood just a tad).
Stayton Howard
GROOMSMAN
Tanner's Friend A favorite memory: Stayton, Will, and I both served in the National Guard together right after high school. I still don't know if I should be thanking Stayton or not for opening that door for us. My favorite memory with Stayton is staying up late at night just gaming and chatting with the boys. Stayton never fails to make me laugh every time I talk with him.
Kaia Lambert
FLOWER GIRL
Our sweet baby niece will be one of our flower girls. Kaia is the first baby of the Lambert family, and is the daughter of Raelyn's brother, Jared, and his wife, Emily. As Emily jokes, Kaia's been training her entire life for this moment!
Charlotte Nielson
FLOWER GIRL
Charlotte will be a flower girl alongside her cousin Kaia. Charlotte is a part of who we consider our chosen family, the daughter of Emily's sister, Elizabeth, and her husband, Michael. As the bride writing this, I have already accepted that Charlotte's cuteness will outshine me and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Dan Hall
OFFICIANT
Mr. Dan Hall aka Tanner’s boss. Dan isn’t just my boss at work, I also look up to him as a mentor who has helped me through my toughest times in life and he has played a huge role in me discovering Jesus. Dan and Tracy have opened their home to Raelyn and I for many Bible studies and now marriage counseling. Their marriage is the embodiment of a Christ-centered marriage and we look up to them so much. We are both so excited and honored to have Dan officiate our wedding for us. He’s truly been such a blessing in our lives.
