Wedding Party

Sophia Payne

Bride

Adam Murray

Groom

Anna Pitts

Matron of Honor

Anna has been in my life since Fall 2012. We were part-time workers in an office on campus at Liberty University. We started hanging out outside of work and became best friends after a trip down to TN to see my parents for our college Fall Break. On that trip, we came up with our best friend name: BigSofAnnLoaf (pronounced Big-Soph-Anne-Loaf. One of our friends once asked us what "Bigs-of-Ann-Loaf" stood for, and we about fell out of our chairs). It combined our Instagram handles and first names. It's ridiculous, but I love it so much! Over the years, it can be said that time together makes both of us better afterward. She is a life-giving friend who shares so many inside jokes with me that I don't even remember the origins of most of them! We've joked for years about charging people for our services, as she and I are geniuses at coming up with wedding hashtags for our friends. So it came as no surprise to me when our wedding hashtag ended up coming from her brain: #gettingMurrayd. If you get the chance, ask her to say it because, oh my word, the Florida accent that comes out of her mouth saying my new last name kills me.

Zach McGuire

Best Man

Sarah Beth Allen

Bridesmaid

Sarah Beth and I met when she worked part-time in my office at Liberty University. She was an intern and we quickly learned some weird overlaps in our lives, such as her knowing my younger brother Roger through a camp he went to as a teen and our moms having always done Precept Ministries Bible Studies. We quickly formed a friend group with other women in the office where we met at my house every other week for "Pinterest Parties". We crafted, drank wine, and talked about life. I have some incredibly fond memories of those nights. Sarah Beth and I kept in touch over the years, and she ended up inviting me to go on a cruise to Europe last summer alongside her and her family. We all had a ton of fun, and learned that we are great travel companions. I can imagine that first international trip together was not our last. We have both gone through incredibly tough things over the years. I'm grateful to have had Sarah Beth to lean on, and have been able to do the same for her. Life is full of a lot of downs and a handful of ups, having the right people by your side makes all the difference. SB has made the difference. On top of all that, we have been able to process all of the ups and downs of the latest season of The Summer I Turned Pretty together, meaning Adam and her bf Michael didn't have to listen endlessly to our thoughts and theories!

Andrew Murray

Groomsman

Hannah Mack

Bridesmaid

Hannah and I met through selling Young Living products. It always makes me chuckle to even say that because our friendship has grown to be so much more than a fellow MLM-er, but that truly is our origin story! She and I were having a lot of fun working our businesses and essentailly linked arms and began working them alongside each other. Our senses of humors lined up nicely and we quickly discovered that we were both very open books. One thing I've always loved about Hannah is that she lives life to the fullest. She is wild and free and so much fun to be around. While I tend to want to crash and sleep and have cozy days in, she has no problem yanking me up and pushing me out to do the most random activities with people neither of us have ever met because it "sounds cool". Hannah has had a front row seat to most of my parenting of Hailey. She has spent weeks on end at my home to help me take care of Hailey when she was younger and couldn't be left home alone. Hannah has, on many occasions, dropped what she was doing to show up for me. As an acts of service girly, I cannot express enough how grateful I am to have her in my corner. Hannah is my constant reminder to show up and be present for those you love. However that looks. We have both had some heavy trials we've walked through during our friendship, but when I look back over the years, I mostly think of smiling and laughing uncontrollably. She's a ray of sunshine on the cloudiest of days.

Josh Murray

Groomsman

Amanda Hahn

Bridesmaid

Amanda and I met when we were in the same community group together at church. We both recognized a deep love for sarcasm, and the refreshing feeling of finding someone who could "handle" it. Shortly after we became friends, the community group dissolved and became a 3-person hang out each week with me, Amanda, and our friend Tory (another bridesmaid). We call our friend group Astro Lasso after a band that Frankie Muniz once managed. It's silly, but I love it so we still use it to this day. Over the years, we've met every other week in various locations. But the past several years has found us at what Tory dubbed the "magical" table we always sat at in the Chick-Fil-A down the street from where we all lived. That table.....well, it holds a lot of stories and information that the 3 of us have shared and struggled through. Amanda was there for me on probably one of my darkest days, and she held me and cried with me through it. She has spoken wisdom into my life, seriously and, at times, with just a tinge of sarcasm. But I've always needed it. She and Tory had some pretty front row seats to my entire foster care and adoption journey of Hailey, and have had my back in some crazy situations over the years. Amanda was one of the first people I told that Adam was in my life and I'll never forget the pure joy and giddiness she displayed when I shared every last detail of our text and phone call conversations. Everyone needs an Amanda in their lives.

Michael Thomas

Groomsman

Tory Duffy

Bridesmaid

Tory and I met in a community group through our church many years ago. It took a bit of time for us to grow our friendship, but once you get in with Tory, you're a friend for life. Tory is one of the deepest feeling people I've ever met. She and I, alongside Amanda, have been hanging out every other week for years. Our friend group name is "Astro Lasso" because we once heard that Frankie Muniz was managing some band, looked it up, laughed for a solid 20 minutes at the name and their music, and decided that was our friend group name ("AL" for short). Over those years, Tory has cried with me, she has asked me questions I never would've considered thinking, let alone asking. She sees the world through a lens I can only appreciate because my word, I will never be able to see it the same as her. Her favorite days are gloomy gray days, she's an art teacher that once only wore beige but now wears bright colors (which I take a lot of credit for even if none of it was my influence), and finds small moments to document to remind others to see joy in little ways each day. Tory was also there for me on one of the hardest days of my life. She has supported me in ways I can't even begin to list during my journey of fostering and adopting Hailey. The magical table at the Chick-Fil-A down the street from our house has held our stories and struggles over the years. And Tory has held my sorrows in ways that brought out their beauty.

Cecil Lockhart

Groomsman

Tabitha PallenVault

Bridesmaid

Tabitha is the reason we are all here. I'll explainwhy in a minute. But to start, she and I met back in 2013 when we moved into an apt together. The two of us, plus Jen (another bridesmaid), lived in that apt for 2 years. I remember it taking very little time for the 3 of us to click and become best friends. Tabitha fully lives her life and marches to the beat of her own drum. She does so in a way that invites others to be exactly who they are. Living with someone like that in my early 20s was vital for allowing me to embrace my own quirks and uniqueness, and I'm grateful that she opened up that part of me that I've carried throughout my life, even after we stopped being roommates (thanks Seth). Now, back to why she gets the credit for the wedding even happening: Tabitha and Seth are the ones that set me and Adam up! You can read the story of how that all happened on our website's homepage. But I will add: she was very persistent. She felt strongly that we would click, and put in the effort to help make it happen. Adam has since shared the kind and thoughtful words that she and Seth shared with him when "pitching" me. Typically, hearing what others say "behind your back" can result in some hurt feelings. But for me, I was very moved to hear how loved and appreciated I am by them. Tabitha has a heart of gold and has had my back in more ways than I can count. She has brought sanity into incredibly chaotic situations and has pointed me to the Lord often.

Seth C

Groomsman

Drew Pelkey

Bridesmaid

Drew and I met by working in the same office the past few years! I don't exactly remember when we transitioned from being "just" co-workers to now being such close friends, but I bet it happened on one of the hundreds of times we walked somewhere on campus to grab a cup of coffee! Drew is the type of person who makes everyone feel cared for and included. She is one of the funniest and most joy-filled people I know. I have always enjoyed being around her and the energy she brings into any situation she is in. I am pretty sure this is her 97th wedding she has been in, because she is the purest form of a girls-girl. We both were the single ladies in the office for years, and then within a year of each other, began dating our significant others. It was a ton of fun navigating love, being loved by healthy and kind men, and all the questions of our nosy (but awesome) co-workers. Having Drew by my side through life's ups and downs has brought me a lot of sanity thanks to her being not only a good listener but also someone that gets just as mad as I do about things! Drew is one-of-a-kind and I'm blessed beyond belief to have her in my corner.

Jordan Baldwin

Groomsman

Jennifer Whitaker

Bridesmaid

Jen and I met back in 2013 when we moved into an apt in Lynchburg together. We lived together for 2 years, and that's all it took to ensure we would be life-long friends. That time in the apt holds some incredibly fond memories. Tabitha (another bridesmaid) was our 3rd roommate, and the 3 of us experienced a lot of life in our early 20s. Jen has what we've affectionally called "Jen-isms" and they are hysterical. All it takes is for myself or Tabitha to quote one and the 3 of us are in tears. She is one of those people that is unintentionally funny, with so much innocence in her Jen-isms. She has been a constant companion through my single years, my foster care years, the years since adopting Hailey, and now being in a relationship and marrying Adam. She has "gone before me" in the world of marriage and raising kids, and her wisdom has truly helped in stressful and uncertain moments in my life. Jen is a huge fan of history. And while that sometimes means regular things in the history of humankind, it also means keeping track of pictures, videos, and stories throughout our friendship. She is basically an encyclopedia of all things memories between us which comes in handy and also makes me very aware that we have to always be friends because that girl has some DIRT on me! If you ask her for ridiculous antics I got up to in my 20s, she will likely have a story with proof to back it up. I asked her to be a bridesmaid knowing the risks....#noragrets

Daniel Hanson

Groomsman

Kristen Courson

Bridesmaid

Kristen, aka K-DAWG, has been a friend since Freshman year of college! She is one of the only humans on this planet who rivals my Christmas energy. She is hysterical and always down for a good time. We lived in the same hall during our Freshman and Sophomore years of college at Liberty University, and I got next to no homework done when she swung by my room. I swear we've watched the first Pitch Perfect movie 79 times. Kristen has always been my hype woman and has spent a lot of her time praying for me over the years. She's the kind of friend that you want in your corner and who is always so excited to get to be in your corner! I have never met anyone like her, and I'm glad beyond belief that she calls me friend.

Spencer Helgren

Groomsman

Johnny Payne

Father of the Bride

Kyle Koslowski

Groomsman

Peggy Payne

Mother of the Bride

Chad Murray

Father of the Groom

Daphne Murray

Mother of the Groom