Rachel Smith - Matron of Honor
Rachel is one of Leah's younger sisters and they bring out each other's wacky personalities in the best way! They have been roommates their entire lives, including the past year as Leah has been using the home of Rachel and her husband, Seth, for free rent as she finished medical school (thanks, guys!).
Bethany Claborn - Maid of Honor
Bethany is Leah's other younger sister who shares a love of dogs and competition. Bethany and Leah grew up playing softball and soccer together and their dogs, Roxy and Gryff, are BFF's. Although Leah's favorite memory with Bethany is watching Bethany score her first goal, everyone knows Leah is the better athlete ;)
Krystal Claborn - Bridesmaid
Krystal is Leah's older sister and is the mother to Leah's only nephew and niece, Daylen and Kyndal. Krystal was Leah's first teacher both as an older sister and academically as Krystal would set up a classroom when they were younger and read books to her. Apparently she instilled a love for school within Leah since she spent an extra 8 years learning to be a doctor...
Morgan Ketchersid - Bridesmaid
Morgan has been one of Leah's best friends since they attended Berea College together. They also worked together after graduating and then started medical school together at LMU. Now that this is being written out it seems like Morgan may be following Leah...
Annaka Rudd - Bridesmaid
Annaka is another one of Leah's best friends from Berea College. She has been anything from Leah's personal makeup artist to her wardrobe consultant. Keep an eye out throughout wedding day for any #AwkwardAnnaka moments.
Hailey Irwin - Bridesmaid
Hailey and Leah have known each other since first grade. They have been there for each other in life's biggest moments from first crushes to Leah's emo stage (which deserves more credit than you realize).
Christopher Claborn - Dog Security
Chris is Leah's only brother and also the youngest of five siblings. Need I say more? Chris will be walking Leah's dog, Gryff (yes, short for Gryffindor), down the aisle with lots of treats stuffed in his pocket - dog treats to be clear.
Brock Johnson - Best Man
Brock is Cord’s first cousin, but he is just as much his brother if anything. Brock and Cord have lived together for the last 4 years and he was there the very first time Leah came over, so he’s really seen it all. They have their own language that they speak in to each other, so if you hear them making very odd noises, no they are not having a stroke and no, a doctor shouldn’t be called ( Thanks Leah). They are just sharing another one of their many laughs.
Griffin Smith - Groomsman
Griffin was originally Cord’s older brother Mikey’s roommate. And then eventually lived with Cord and Alex. And then Cord and Brock. Actually, while writing these descriptions, Cord realized he’s lived with everyone in his Groomsman party at one point or another. Which means they’ve all seen him shirtless devouring a meat lovers pizza. Anywho. Griffin has always been there for Cord, and never asks questions. Wether it be building a wiffle ball field, driving to Nashville for Top Golf on a whim, acting in his music videos, or poorly constructing a deer stand in the woods that surprisingly hasn’t fallen after 5 years, Griffin is always down for a good time.
Mikey Glass - Groomsman
Mikey is one of Cord’s older brothers, and certainly the one he learned the most from. Their love of baseball has consistently brought them closer together - for the most part. (Mikey hit a walk off home run on Cord in a backyard wiffle ball game 10 years ago and he still talks about it. Definitely a sore spot.) Mikey also speaks the language that Cord and Brock do. It’s complicated, but just know they are all having a good time together.
Alex Puleo - Groomsman
Alex was Cord’s roommate at Berea College for his Freshman and Sophomore year (we don’t discuss why he was there for Junior and Senior year, but we blame Call of Duty Black Ops 2). Technically, he was there when Leah and Cord first met (even though they never talked to each other). Alex is the king of Dad jokes, which is obviously why Cord has brought him along to the party. There is never a dull moment when these two get together.
Nolan Sanders - Groomsman
Nolan and Cord met at Berea College and played baseball together, but their friendship began before they even walked on the field together. Nolan was the one who came to Cord’s aid when he broke his ankle playing capture the flag the very first night at Berea College. He took him back to his dorm, taped his ankle up, and discovered that they both had a passion for music. Nolan is a killer piano player. Hopefully we can get him drunk enough to pull out his inner Billy Joel.
Chad Brown - Groomsman
Chad and Cord also met at Berea College and played baseball together. But unlike Nolan, Chad has actually admitted that he doesn’t remember Cord being there their freshman year (despite giving up a 3 run bomb to ruin Cord’s win against Tennessee Tech their freshman year). They were roommates during their last 2 years at Berea, and have some of the best stories of each other. He has recently joined the Air Force and he now flies plans and jumps out of them for a living. So now instead of giving up bombs, he just drops them.
Ryan Edmunds - Dog Security
Ryan is another one of Cord’s older brothers. They didn’t meet until they were 12, but they quickly made up for lost time with hundreds of fishing hikes in the creeks of Barren River lake, making ghost hunting videos, and countless games of backyard wiffle ball. He will be walking Cord’s dog Moose down the aisle. He’s about the only person strong enough to contain him. Plus, he’s Moosey’s favorite. He plays hide and seek with him.