Taylor & Dakota
Wedding Party
Tabatha Garnett
Maid of Honor
Taylor and Taby have been best friends since the 4th grade. Thank goodness Taylor quit running from Taby on the playground and decided to be her friend!
Amanda Zaring
Bridesmaid
Amanda is Taylor’s cousin and first best friend. Unlike most tormenting older cousins, they enjoy doing crafts, people watching, and hardcore parkour.
Patti O’Gara
Bridesmaid
Taylor and Patti met in high school, but didn’t become friends until forced to hang out years later. Thank goodness for forced friendship, because they certainly wouldn’t be making alcohol fueled, bad decisions all these years later!
Carson Orlando
Bridesmaid
Taylor and Carson have known each other for 26 years. They met at the hospital when their parents brought Carson home. After Taylor quit locking Carson in basements, tricking her to eat leaves like a dinosaur, and hiding Chucky dolls in the house, they get along now...for the most part.
Steve Jackson
Officiant
Jackson or Grandpa Jackson is Taylor’s “surrogate grandfather”. His words, not hers. Jackson has been an Orlando family friend for years and worked on Gladstone PD with her grandpa Archibald. After losing both grandpas, Jackson stepped in to be Taylor’s grandpa. Taylor and Dakota were lucky enough to work with Jackson for several years and even more lucky he agreed to be their officiant!
Grady Zaring
Ring Bearer
Grady is Taylor’s little cousin, and the son of her bridesmaid Amanda. Grady will be 5 at the time of the wedding and is as rambunctious as the day he was born. He’s full of endless stories, power ranger moves, and facts about dinosaurs and sharks.
Jason Brown
Best Man
Jason and Dakota met in high school and became fast friends through hunting, photography, and nature hikes with mono. He goes by J.B. And it’s weird to hear him called Jason. He is Best Man, Best Friend, Best Photographer and has been there through high school, college, and life.
David Willard
Groomsman
David has known Dakota since shortly after Dakota birth...because you know, cousins. As Dakota’s closest cousin in age, David has been his number one P.I.C. at every family event/holiday for Dakota’s entire life. He’s also a big part of the reason Dakota and Taylor live in Kansas now!
Will Osburn
Groomsman
Dakota and Will met in high school. With shared interests in shooting trap, waterfowl hunting, and fishing they can usually be found somewhere that there’s water. If anybody needs a house sitter for a lake house..we’re your guys!
Jeremiah Jago
Groomsman
Jeremiah and Dakota met in the wildlife biology program at MWSU (fun fact: neither has a wildlife related job at the moment). His last name is pronounce “jay-go” not “yaw-go”, pretty sure that’s the bird from Aladdin. After spending countless nights staying in the Jago hotel during college, Jeremiah’s family became Dakota’s family!
Georgie Kauffman
Flower Girl
Georgie is Dakota’s niece. She’s spunky, silly and loves anything with glitter and/or kittens. We’re so lucky to have this sweet girl in our life.