First Assembly of God

Wedding Day

Wedding

Advance Memorial United Methodist Church

Reception

Our Wedding

Cody and Jessica's story starts in 2010&nbsp;when Cody asked Jessica to his Senior Snowball Dance. &nbsp;A&nbsp;young and shy Jessica happily obliged and the two had an amazing first date. &nbsp;Jessica felt like a princess all evening and knew that Cody was her Prince Charming. &nbsp;

 

Fast forward to their college years when Cody was at the University of Pikeville and Jessica was at the University of Louisville. &nbsp;Being almost four hours apart meant the only chance to see each other was during summer&nbsp;or winter breaks. &nbsp;Throughout the summers, Cody and Jessica would spend their time on the golf course together, or at the local movie theater watching &nbsp;whatever movie was out just as long as it meant they could see each other. &nbsp;

 

After four years of not being able to see each other very often, Jessica decided that it was too hard for her to be in Louisville and Cody to be in their hometown. &nbsp;The two didn't talk as often and began to drift apart. &nbsp;Even after Jessica moved back home to become a middle school teacher at her alma mater, Russell Middle School, the two didn't talk&nbsp;or see each other very much. &nbsp;

 

In January 2017, the two decided to rekindle their relationship and see if they could make it work when the two were both in the same town. &nbsp;Since then, the two have built a loving and strong relationship with each other. &nbsp;They have been inseparable and still love spending time on the golf course, or movie theater together. &nbsp;

 

On September 17th, 2017, Cody decided to ask the love of his life&nbsp;to spend the rest of their lives together. On that warm, late summer evening, Cody and his close friends Zack,&nbsp;Brooke, and Jazzie went to the local dairy bar to get some ice cream to take to Jessica's house. &nbsp;Jessica thought the evening would be spent sitting on the front porch, one of Cody's favorite activities, and spending time with close friends. &nbsp;Little did Jessica know that her Prince Charming&nbsp;was going to ask her to marry him. &nbsp;As they came to the door with what Jessica thought was her&nbsp;favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream, Cody handed her&nbsp;a covered bowl and said to try a&nbsp;new flavor. &nbsp;Jessica uncovered an empty bowl to read "Marry Me?" on the bottom. &nbsp;As she turned around to look at Cody, he was down on one knee. &nbsp;Before Cody could say anything, Jessica, through tears&nbsp;said yes, yes, yes! &nbsp;After several happy&nbsp;tears and hugs, the two went to tell their families.

 

Now with only 6 months to go, Cody and Jessica are excited to finally marry each other, with all of their friends and family surrounding them!

Cody and Jessica's Story

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Cody and Brian have been friends since 2006. They met when they were in high school. One of the things that brought these two to be friends was ping pong at lunch. Cody and Brian became really good friends through this, even though Cody was a nervous and quiet freshman and Brian was a senior. This didn't stop the two from becoming good friends. Fast forward a few years and Brian was dating his now wife Lindsey and came to church with her and Cody was there and the two became best friends. When Brian joined the Army this was something that Cody took very hard because Brian was going to be all the way around the world in Japan. When Brian came home their relationship continued to grow stronger.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now&nbsp;Cody couldn't&nbsp;imagine&nbsp;having anyone else as his Best Man.&nbsp;

Brian Harper

Rachel and Jessica met at the University of Louisville through the United Methodist organization on campus. &nbsp;Since then, the two have been best friends. &nbsp;Rachel is attending&nbsp;University of Louisville's Medical School, and plans to have a career in Pediatrics or Family Medicine. &nbsp;Rachel and Jessica find it hard to see each other with Rachel in Louisville and Jessica in Russell, but the&nbsp;distance doesn't change Rachel and Jessica's friendship. &nbsp;The two still stay very close and send each other cute dog videos on a daily basis!

Rachel Haney

Cody and Zack have been friends since they were young kids playing baseball in Greenup County little league. The two lost touch for a while then they rekindled their friendship when they began going to church together in Raceland. The two are such close friends that Cody wanted to make sure he had Zack as part of his wedding.

Zack Prichard

Alyssa and Jessica are cousins, who grew up more like sisters. &nbsp;Being only 5&nbsp;months apart and growing up in the same neighborhood, meant countless sleepovers and a forever best friend. &nbsp;Currently,&nbsp;Alyssa is attending Northern Kentucky University's Chase Law School. &nbsp;Even though the two don't see each other as often as they once did, they know they will always have their forever best friend!

Alyssa Thompson

Melanie and Jessica have known each other for about 6 years, but became best friends about a year ago. &nbsp;When Jessica was a senior in high school and completing her last year on the golf team, Melanie was just starting on the golf team. &nbsp;When Melanie was&nbsp;senior finishing her last year on the golf team, Jessica started her first year as the&nbsp;golf coach. &nbsp;Throughout the season, Melanie and Jessica became closer. &nbsp;Now Melanie is attending Georgetown College and the two still remain very close!

Melanie O'Neal

Cody and Micah met through doing work at the church they both attend. Through time of doing this work,&nbsp;&nbsp;playing video games and playing golf together these two have become very close. Cody wanted to ensure that Micah was part of his wedding because of this friendship.

Micah Bowling

Cody and Tyler met during the 2014 Kentucky State&nbsp;Amateur&nbsp;qualifying tournament. The two continued to talk and play golf together when it was possible. Little did Cody know when he went in for a job interview that Tyler would be a manager at his new job. Over the past couple of years they have become really close through the golf trips and just spending time playing golf and competing against each other at a local golf course. Without second thought Cody asked Tyler to be a groomsmen.

Tyler Sallie

Laura and Jessica met when Jessica started her student teaching in Laura's classroom. &nbsp;The two quickly became friends and still continue to stay close with Laura in Louisville and Jessica in Russell. &nbsp;Both are Mathematics teachers and Jessica always looks up to Laura for teaching advice and as a spiritual mentor.

Laura Peavley

Carley and Jessica have been best friends since the womb. &nbsp;Both of their mothers were friends before they were born, so it was destined that Jessica and Carley would be best friends. &nbsp;Since they were young, they talked about each other's weddings. &nbsp;With Carley being a&nbsp;nurse and Jessica teaching, the two don't have as much&nbsp;time to see each other,&nbsp;but they know they are always there for each other. &nbsp;When Jessica got engaged, she knew she couldn't have a wedding party without Carley in it.&nbsp;

Carley Bryant

Cody and Josh are in the beginning stages of a life long friendship,&nbsp;&nbsp;due to the fact that Josh is the younger brother to Cody's bride. Over the past few months Cody and Josh have developed a good friendship that will grow&nbsp;stronger once Cody meets his one demand of taking him fishing. Josh has made it clear that if this demand is not met he will object at the wedding. Stay tuned to find out what comes of this demand...

Jessica & Cody

Jessica & Cody

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