Wedding Party
Liesl Cole
Maid of Honor
Fun fact: “Two truths and a lie: 1. I have eaten alligator 2. I have eaten bull testicle 3. I have eaten sea urchin” Favorite memory: “Jenga block hairstyling, dutch blitz dominating, middle school/college weekly lunching, dead cow/rock quarry photo shooting, stealth mode kitchen cleaning, bookstore binging, botanical garden sprinkler chasing, effortlessly superior SUPYAKing, etc. etc. etc. Mostly just laughing.”
Nick Miller
Best Man
Fun Fact: "I am a twin! No seriously, I love to trap shoot." Memory: "Playing late night endless card games with Ryan, Anja, and Tatiana."
Karina Cole
Maid of Honor
Fun Fact: "I have taken a bike tour through Copenhagen by Bike Mike and stopped by the entrance to Christiania." Memory: "Floating down the river between Austria and Germany with Anja and seeing the water perfectly reflect the sky."
Chris Miller
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "I truly believe butter is better on a deli sandwich than mayo." Memory: "In Colorado, Ryan had some work to do, and Anja had homework. They both chose to do their work at the same time, I’m not sure why, but it showed that they both wanted to be together even when it wasn’t for fun. I walked into the living room and they were both sitting on the couch doing their work on their laptops. Occasionally each one would sneak a glance at the other and when they caught each other looking it led to a smile on both their faces. It felt good to see my brother so happy, I knew then that they were a good fit."
Jordan Dickinson
Bride Tribe
Fun Fact: Full time student, full time medical assistant, full time coffee connoisseur. Memory: Making up rules to the card game Stupid.
Daniel Sabater
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "I’m a Mandalorian. Part of a non-profit international organization helping raise money for other nonprofit charities and sharing love of Star Wars." Memory: Some of my favorite moments include the first time I met Ryan and Nick at after church school (we all know that one time), making movies on the webcam, and that time Ryan and I played literally 16 hours of Borderlands, just to name a few.
Melissa McCrery
Bride Tribe
Memory: "Those early mornings with too much coffee and not enough sleep, baking Cinnamon Rolls on Saturday mornings at Camp MiVoden."
Zach Allen
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "I've folded origami for 15 years and Sunny and I are both adopted." Memory: "My favorite memory of Ryan and Anja is, when she stepped in for the whole wedding and was a Swiss Army Knife and went around putting out fires the whole weekend!"
Sarah Dybdahl
Bride Tribe
Fun Fact: "I went skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee." Memory: "Spending time with Ryan and Anja in Bangkok, eating street food, getting food poisoning, riding tuk tuks, going shopping, and trying new food. Also, I have fun memories of Anja and I on the backpacking trip in high school."
Bobby Thornbrugh
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "What is this the first day of class? I am a 3rd degree black belt in karate and have been practicing for 20 years. I volunteer teach at a dojo in Castle Rock, CO twice a week." Memory: "My favorite memory of Ryan is playing Super Smash Brothers in our dorm room at KU. I’ll never forget the late nights we spent ganging up on whoever had the most lives left. Or when Ryan's Bowser jr. bomb would blow us all off the map. When I think back to those days, I remember just how important it is to make time for your friends. It’s easy to get swept up by life and it’s problems. Sometimes all we need is to sit down on the couch with some good friends, laugh a little, and beat the hell out of each other!"
Cora Cole
Bride Tribe
Fun Fact: "I can write with my left hand but only backwards." Memory: "The first time I brought my queer platonic partner and my wife to a family holiday, Anja brought Ryan. And the experience made me believe that I could bridge the gap between the family I chose as an adult, the family my cousins were building, and the family I was born to."
Jacob Mahugh
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "I wiggle both my ears, and if I'm able to focus enough, I can wiggle just my left ear!" Memory: "In high school, we were filming the legendary indie spy film From Selah With Like. We cast Ryan as the villain, of course, because Ryan Miller is what I think of when I think of Bond villains. In the climax of the film, our villain had trapped James Blonde, our heroic spy, in a dark and scary basement. Ryan then proceeded to explain his tragic backstory - when he found out that Leprechauns didn't exist, he decided nothing else should exist. We can't blame him for that - that was scripted. What was unscripted was that he slapped his prisoner (gently) with a fly swatter that he was carrying for... some reason. And worse yet, he pet him on the way out. What overcame Ryan? To this day I'm not sure; you never look at a man the same way once he pets your brother. And yes, I have video evidence - please ask me."
Cole Cousin
Bride Tribe
Lucas Mahugh
Groomsman
Fun Fact: "In the lip sync mentioned below, my song was 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore and I still know every word to the whole song." Memory: "Between Madden games, 8th grade baseball, and all of the countless games, I gotta roll with all of the high school lip sync dance competitions together in the iconic, 3-time champ group, Nerd Herd, where I believe Ryan proudly sang Pompeii by Bastille. I have a video if anyone wants it."
Tatiana Miller
Bride Tribe
Fun Fact: "I went to France with my high school teacher, and a friend, seeing the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Mt. Michel, and Versailles to list some favorites but according to my teacher, I would sleep talk in French" Memory: "My favorite memory of the happy couple is when they were dating, they had this "date book" that they would scratch off and do whatever was written and had to take a photo of it. One date in particular was that they were blindfolded with Ryan's ties and trying to chase each other to hit each other with water balloons. Even Levi, Ryan's nephew, joined in and added a whole other obstacle of them not hitting the baby! I had the honor of recording the whole thing for them!"
Ryan Kass
Groomsman
Fun fact: I have a vast collection of lego sets. Some reviews of the collection I have received are “how much did you spend on all of this?” and “wow, I think you need a different hobby.” Favorite memory: "Within a month of starting at KU with Ryan, there was a small theater in town that had the most amazing show you can imagine. Ryan and I decided to go, and it was full of action, suspense, and a thrilling story line. It had Ryan and I cheering and jumping up and down the whole time. We even got to meet the actors afterwards. Extreme Midget Wrestling is the best way to start a long meaningful friendship that can last a lifetime."