Wedding Party
Jason Hurst
Groom
Jason is the groom!
Leanne Schneider
Bride
Leanne is the bride!
Melinda Hurst
Mother of the Groom
Melinda is Jason’s mother.
Lou Schneider
Father of the Bride
Lou is Leanne’s father. He is also the officiant for the ceremony.
Carol Schneider
Mother of the Bride
Carol is Leanne’s mother.
Laura Schneider
Bridesmaid
Laura is Leanne’s younger sister who is the other half of ‘the girls’ the family calls them. They have always been extremely close (near inseparable) which is why the family can’t keep their names straight. They were roomies for several years with a brood of furry and feathery babies. Now Laura lives in Arizona with her husband JoD and their furry babies.
Katie Keller
Bridesmaid
Katie, Molly, and Leanne have been best friends since they were young. Katie and Leanne took practically every class at university together and spent over a decade as concert buddies (they still see lots of concerts together, but Keller and Jason get to come now too). Katie acts as scribe and in house pop culture expert for the usually reigning trivia team Mexican Battle Wombats. Katie and her husband Keller are the proud parents of Kohen. They also have four furry babies.
Ginny Schneider
Bridesmaid
Ginny is Leanne’s big sister and is one of the coolest people we know. Leanne and Ginny constantly trade book suggestions and spend long hours talking at night whenever they are together. Along with her husband Travis, they are amazing parents to Gemma, three furry babies, and several feathered babies.
Molly Morrison
Bridesmaid
Molly, Katie, and Leanne have been best friends since they were young. Molly and Leanne used to go on backpacking trips every summer when they lived on the same continent. Molly is an incredible artist and published author. Molly and her husband Loksan live in the UK with their beautiful daughter Suyi.
Jeremiah Jenkins
Groomsman
Jeremiah and Jason have been best friends since they were young. Jeremiah and his wife Mandy have a beautiful daughter Jordan. Jeremiah and Jason met while elementary school pupils at the Academy for the Gifted. Jeremiah, who goes only by Jer, is the undefeated 8 time world Bottle Rocket champ.
Brett Faulkner
Groomsman
Brett and Jason have been best friends for a long time. His wife is Amy. Brett and Jason were roommates in college and are the featured subjects of bronze monuments in the student plazas at both the universities of Tennessee and Memphis. Brett has swam all 100 treacherous miles of the Great Tarantula Bay of Eastern Australia and married his wife Amy in Costa Rica during a ritual ceremony led by the native tribe while atop the erupting volcano Rincón de la Vieja.
Zack Laverne
Groomsman
Zack and Jason have been friends since Jason moved to Grand Junction. They both love biking and skiing together. Zack is Andy’s father. Zack is a renowned ice climbing rescue mountaineer having saved the lives of a team of alpine marmot scientists while summiting all seven of the 16k foot peaks of the Ouray Highlands.
Zach Bryant
Groomsman
Zach and Jason have been friends since Jason moved to Grand Junction and were roommates for awhile. They enjoy skiing/snowboarding and biking together. Zach is Willow’s father. Zachery is a highly regarded mountain biker who has broken multiple landspeed records while descending the Mesa Couloirs which are known for being previously untraversable.
Tanner Wuster
Groomsman
Tanner is Jason’s ‘son’ and they were roomies for a bit too. Tanner is a skilled large exotic cat wrangler and has traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia including the Singaporean Peninsula. He now resides with his fiancée Hailee and their Savannah Lowland lion named ‘Milo’.
Khris Keller
Groomsman
Keller is Katie’s husband and has been a close friend with Leanne and Jason as long as they have known him. They are all part of the conquering Mexican Battle Wombats trivia team. Keller designed the invites for the wedding as well! Keller is a highly skilled hockey goalie having broken the all time record for most goals scored (11) while the remainder of a team occupied the penalty box for being “too chippy”.
Elliott Schneider
Ring Bearer
Elliott is Leanne’s nephew and is her brother James’ son. He loves Pokémon and reading comics. Elliott is part of a track team and a comic book club.
Gemma Farnsworth
Flower Girl
Gemma is Leanne’s niece and is her sister and brother in law Ginny and Travis’ daughter. She loves exploring, learning new things, seeing how fast she can run, and playing her furry siblings.
Cecilia Soto
Flower Girl
Cecilia is Jason’s niece, the daughter of his sister Kristin.
Aria Soto
Flower Girl
Aria is Jason’s niece and is the daughter of his sister Kristin.
Kohen Keller
Ring Bearer
Kohen is our honorary ring bearer! He is Katie and Keller’s son!
Suyi Harley-Morrison
Flower Girl
Suyi is our honorary flower girl! She is Molly and Loksan’s daughter!