Wedding Party
Kathryn Wonacott
Bridesmaid
Kathryn and Emma are first cousins but are more like sisters. Favorite Memory: Serving as Miss Elk Rapids and Miss Pre-Teen Elk Rapids together from 2020-2022
Kadison Sayer
Best Man
Mason's Only sibling and built in best friend from birth! Favorite Memory: Getting the first hug after Kadison won his college conference championship game!
Jenna Thompson
Bridesmaid
Jenna and Emma have been friends since freshman year of high school. Favorite Memory: Attending Michigan Youth in Government together every year
Marcos Reyes
Groomsman
Marcos and Mason are cousins, but have lived together on and off for so long that the word brother is more accurate! Favorite Memory: Surviving work together at a pizza place, to go home and play Super Smash Brothers/PlayStation All-Stars late into the night!
Rachel Kreta
Bridesmaid
Rachel and Emma came into each others lives while competing for National Cherry Queen in 2022. Favorite Memory: Connecting over selection weekend, some friends are just meant to find each other.
Ryan McGuire
Bro of Honor & Groomsman
Ryan is Emma's brother and Mason's soon to be Brother-in-Law! Favorite Memory: Rooming together at LLC and "being friends before Emma and I"
Amanda Clark
Bridesmaid
Amanda and Emma met through Amanda's husband (Mason's best friend), and really connected over Church and volunteering at Youth Group. Favorite Memory: Sitting on a couch at someones birthday party, talking all things religion, politics and ethics.
Jerad Clark
Groomsman
Jerad and Mason truly met as youth group leaders, but their shared love of Dungeons & Dragons was what cemented their bond of friendship! Favorite Memory: Raiding the evil dwarf kings castle to end the war! (In Dungeons & Dragons)
Natalee Hill
Bridesmaid
Natalee and Emma went to Michigan Youth in Government, played basketball, learned how to drive, worked together, and went to NMC and GVSU together. On top of that they were neighbors all the way through high school and the first two years of college. Then they ended up living right around the corner from each other in Grand Rapids when they both happened to transferred to GVSU. Favorite Memory: Being so sleep deprived while carpooling they laughed so hard they cried over almost nothing.
Andrew Clark
Groomsman
Andrew was Mason's Youth pastor and when Mason graduated Andrew invited him to be a youth group leader and play Dungeons & Dragons with the Friend group he still has to this day! Favorite Memory: Shoveling Andrew's driveway together having deep talks about life!
Tori Gaskell
Bridesmaid
Tori and Emma met in college at Grand Valley State University. Favorite Memory: Surviving professor Burn's 'History and System of Psychology" class and studying at Panera Bread.
Parker King
Groomsman
Parker and Mason met as youth group leaders and now Co-Host a podcast together! Favorite Memory: The first recording session of the WAWTAT podcast at 2am during summer camp!
Emilee Waltz
Bridesmaid
Emilee and Emma met in middle school and have been friends ever since. Favorite Memory: Seeing how many rubber bands it took to cut a watermelon in half a day after Emma had her wisdom teeth removed.
Sloan Kowalewsky
Groomsman
Sloan and Mason met when Mason became a youth group leader and have been casting spells, fighting monsters and generally vibeing ever since! Favorite Memory: Getting the honor of DJing Sloan's wedding and dancing the night away!
Katie Sayer
Bridesmaid
Katie and Emma are very soon to be sisters in law! Favorite Memory: Having Mason and Kadison (Mason's brother & Katie's husband) try and teach us both how to play Fortnite.
Ben Vipond
Groomsman
Ben and Mason met in middle school and bonded over their mutual dislike of Cross Country and fondness for Nerdy things! Favorite Memory: Playing Gravity Guy on my phone at lunch in middle school!