Kelly & Blake
Wedding Party
Hannah Zimmerer
Maid of Honor
Where to even begin? Han and I knew one another for most of our childhood, but the friendship really took off during our 8th grade DC trip. When I say that Hannah has been part of literally every major and minor life event of mine, I mean it. I wish we kept record of all the ridiculousness we got in into over the years, because that'd be a guaranteed bestselling book or hit docuseries. I mean, anyone who saw our Car Ride Insta Story series series back in 2016 knows we have a future in the entertainment industry. She's been around for all my hardest laughs, but was also around for all my ugliest cries. From middle school, to high school, to college and beyond, she's been integral to my growth as a follower of Christ. I truly don't think I'd be the person I am today without her. :)
Brent Charles
Best Man
For the half of the room that has never met him, if it wasn’t clear, Brent is my brother. You will recognize him by the resemblance to me, but he has cooler hair, an anime tattoo, and straighter teeth. He’s one of my favorite people I've ever known, and has impacted my life in some of the most significant ways anyone ever has. He has an undeniable, but healthy hard-headedness that may have contributed to some of the turbulence in our younger years, but it has also pushed me to be a critical thinker, and be more compassionate. He inspires me to be better. I don't know if anyone has impacted my life more than him. Being Brent’s older brother is awesome.
Allie Boyer
Bridesmaid
Allie and I became fast friends junior year of high school after she moved to Dublin from North Carolina. We stuck together through the weirdest parts of high school like breakups, training for a half marathon (even though I bailed on actually running it), making weird iMovies and posting them on YouTube even though we were way too old for that kind of thing, and lots more. I'm glad that now we've grown up the only questionable tenet of our friendship is our very intense love for Taylor Swift. May that never die!
Andrew Tate
Best Man
Andrew is one of the most reliable and constant friends i’ve ever had. We were nearly inseparable throughout our childhood, being friends since the first grade, and we've seen each other through many changes in our lives since then. On one hand, he and I are extremely different. He was a high school athlete, I made music. He played college football, and I studied art. The thing that makes Andrew one of my longest standing friends is that when you are close with him, he will do everything in his power to make sure you are cared for and heard. I have a lot of fun beating him in Super Smash Brothers. (This dude plays Samus 🥴)
Mollie Godbout
Bridesmaid
The oldest friend!!!! I don't even have memory of meeting Mollie, however I've been told the story many times. 18 month old me was playing in a pile of mulch and screeched "HI!!!' at Mollie and her dad walking by. The rest is history! Fast forward to the summer of 2019, we, almost coincidentally, were both living and working in New York City. I feel very lucky that my last covid-free summer was spent with my BFF from day 1 (little did we know!).
Bobby Zimmerer
Groomsman
The only other person I call bb. Bobby and I met our freshman year of College at a larger group hang where I nearly killed myself and another friend skateboarding down a hill on Ohio State’s campus. Like it’s origins, our friendship has always seems to take place in the moments you tell stories about. I remember we tried to start a secret society, keeping soda can tabs in our wallet as an identifier of membership. We slept in a van with 4 other people in Asheville, NC on a trip to see Bon Iver for my 22nd birthday. We “double dated” at a charity event that Kelly and his now wife, Hannah, were singing in before my first date with Kelly. Life is more fun with Bob. He is going to be a cool, skateboard dad one day.
Alissa Morrison
Bridesmaid
I mean, soul sisters right!? I'm pretty sure we gave ourselves this title within the first month of knowing each other which says a lot! Alissa is one of the few people who can act like an absolute goon in one moment, and the next will very intentionally ask you about your life and how she can be praying for you. I truly cannot look back on my life in college without thinking of Liss, she was by my side during pretty much every high and every low. You're guaranteed an adventure with this girl!!!
Drew Mitchell
Groomsman
Drew was the person I almost killed the day I met Bobby. He happened to be closest to me as I lost control of my skateboard, and we collided at what felt like 30 MPH. Contrary to its turbulent beginnings, he ended up becoming one of my best friends. We were roommates for 4 years in college, so Drew has seen me on some of my worst days, including an infamous 48 hr no sleep streak I pulled during exam week while applying to design school. Our friendship is one of the most unique and fun-filled relationships I've ever had, and that is because Drew is so easily both of those things. Less importantly, he is the only person on this list that can best me in Super Smash Brothers, and I’m not salty at all about how I used to be better than him, but he took the time to get better and it worked.
Ryann Potter
Bridesmaid
Ryann and I may not have started out on great terms, with me ruthlessly accusing her of being the murderer during a game of Murder in the Dark the first day I met her. Needless to say, I'm VERY thankful she gave me another chance. After I "shot my shot" with Blake, I RAN to her house to debrief. "Did that really just happen!?!". Ryann and I clicked very quickly when she got placed on the Young Life College team, and we were inseparable for quite literally the rest of college. I'm honored to have stood by her side in her wedding a few short months ago, and I'm so glad she said yes to mine!
Harrison Moshier
Groomsman
Harrison was at one time my boss. We were both once car salesmen. (Yep.) More importantly, Harrison and I have spent an absurd amount of time playing video games and at a UDF in front of his house. We were in similar friend groups in High School, but didn’t become as close until college, when we realized we were the closest match to one another in all of our casual interests. He ultimately became the person who first introduced me to design. Harrison is someone I know to be profoundly generous and empathetic. He is always someone that knows how to read a room. To be light hearted when appropriate, and helpful when he sees an opportunity to do right by someone. Harrison shares his life, interests, energy, and home with others in a way that I admire. His favorite move is also Shrek 2.
Tara Sylvester
Bridesmaid
Tara was one of my first new friends freshman year at OSU! I was so drawn to her gentle and "old-soul" personality. We both lived in the res halls together, lead YL together, and then lived together at the Cottage for the last half of college. I feel very blessed to know and have known Tara as a friend, coleader, and housemate (and I'm lucky she sticks around me for knowing me as the same!). Her wisdom is unmatched, and I promise you will never meet a better listener!
Ethan Clement
Groomsman
Ethan is one of the most respectable and consistent people I know. We met in my second year of college, and he is someone I can easily lock arms with no matter what we’re doing. At one point we were rock climbing consistently, then it was CATCH outside of my house 🤡, and at one point we were on the same intramural hockey team. Ethan has been someone I have talked about life in the deepest ways with. He was one of the first people I reached out to before Kelly and I made our feelings more official to one another. Ethan’s a steady friend. I have made fun of him perhaps a bit too much for giving off “soldier writing home to his betrothed” energy, but he may or may not have been the person who convinced me to get chelsea boots.
Becca Toser
Bridesmaid
Becca and I are consistently on the same page, have very similar taste, similar habits, and to top it all off we work in the same industry which adds to the fact that we just GET each other. Sometimes it's not a good thing...we let each other get away with our own bad habits. Sometimes you need a friend who won't dissuade you from getting a new pair of shoes even if they know you don't need them right? But one of our positive shared habits is that we are highly motivated, and in that I think we push one another to be better. Better in our faith, our friendships, our attitude, our jobs, etc. Becca is my last roommate before I get a ~forever roommate~, and I wouldn't want it any other way!
Elliott Schoolcraft
Groomsman
The thing I love most about Elliott is how much we can argue back and forth about the most trivial things like if the grim reaper can fly, or if Subway is an A tier or F tier restaurant, and still be friends. I’ve laughed the hardest, and yelled the loudest with Elliott. Our friendship is awesome because we’ve grown to have the space to be our most authentic selves and do our best to find common ground. Elliott does everything with excellence and he inspires me to be better as a designer, as a friend, and as a companion to Kelly. Even though at times we have light hearted arguments, I have never doubted Elliott’s perceptiveness, his sense of justice for the world around us, or his friendship. Except for maybe the time I went with his now wife to homecoming.
Patrick Fox
Groomsman
Patrick is Kellys brother, but soon mine too 😈 To the other half of the room, knowing Patrick has been one of the greatest gifts that have come with dating Kelly. He’s extremely thoughtful, kind, and a great friend. To those that have seen his baby pictures, he was an EXTREMELY smiley baby. What’s cool is that he maintained that part of his personality, and so we’ve shared in a lot of laughs and memories of our own. He’s went beyond being my girlfriend’s brother almost immediately. Patrick and I sometimes indulge our childhood with things like Lego or Star Wars, which is sick that I don’t have to hide that in front of him.