Wedding Day

St. Teresa Catholic Church

Ceremony

Park Centers Reception Hall

Reception

Our Wedding

Bekah and James first met in 2015 during their freshman year of high school at Pius X Catholic School in Lincoln, NE. Bekah had just moved to Lincoln from Omaha and was first introduced to James as "the girl with no friends." Bekah eventually became more comfortable at Pius, feeling welcomed by so many. James asked Bekah to the homecoming dance their junior year and she agreed to go with him. She still recalls it as one of the most pure, joyful nights of her life. James and Bekah continued to grow closer, but after graduation, they ended up going their separate ways. Bekah moved to Kearney, NE to get her degree in communication disorders, and James stayed in Lincoln to study secondary education social sciences. They got caught up in their own worlds, but did remain connected... At the end of 2022, Bekah's dad threw a St. Nicolas Day party and invited the Kruml family. James decided to go, with encouragement from his best man and his parents :). The instant Bekah saw him she remembered just how safe, seen, and treasured she always felt whenever she was around James. She asked him if he would like to date her, "for real this time," and he said yes. On August 10th, 2024, he asked HER if she would like to make this partnership a forever situation. And she said yes!

The Road to the Altar

Our Story

Photos

Maria is Rebekah’s little sister and life-long pride and joy. She is currently studying materials engineering at Iowa State University. She has interned at NASA and now has four publications through them! She will be back at NASA this summer. Bekah feels like the luckiest person alive to have had Maria by her side her whole life long and into the future!

Maria Wagner

Kayla is Rebekah’s best friend and “platonic wife”, earning the title by living with her all four years of college, and quickly becoming her biggest supporter and cheerleader. Bekah is overjoyed to have met Kayla and feels blessed that she is celebrating her love with her.

Kayla Hamilton

Ellie Sweeney is a living legend and the main character and Bekah adores her. She never fails to make Bekah cackle aloud, sometimes at the most inopportune moments. Ellie is an all-around talented performer, with skills in singing, dancing, and acting. Bekah is incredibly proud to be her big sister.

Ellie Sweeney

Bella is Rebekah’s youngest sister and also the funniest person ever. Bekah is in awe of the talented, kind, smart, faithful young woman she is watching the littlest Sweeney girl become, and is constantly competing with her other siblings for who can cheer for her the loudest!!!

Bella Sweeney

Sam Cecava is Bekah’s older sister. Sam was the first to introduce Bekah to the art of singing and she is forever so grateful for the way she opened up a whole world of music that has blessed her so abundantly throughout her life. Sam is also a proud momma of two sons! Bekah feels so blessed and proud to have her as a big sister. 

Samantha Cecava

Hannah is Rebekah's sister-in-law, married to her brother, Jake!  Hannah is a doctor of pharmacy. She is brilliant and a huge inspiration to Bekah and all of her sisters as well. She pushes Bekah to take better care of herself with exercise and healthy eating, and Bekah has already felt the benefits of taking her advice! :)

Hannah Sweeney

Max has been James’ best friend for almost all of high school and would have been even longer if James wasn’t intimidated by how outgoing and cool Max was. While everyone sees the endurance and strength of his parkour moves, or his infectious energy, James knows there is a sense of loyalty and care for others that is at the core of Max. Max stuck around through every life event and change, even trusting James to join a new friend group in college with him. James is confident Max will always be there to support him whenever and wherever they end up.

Max Kohn

Jacob is James’ brother-in-law and the older brother of Bekah. Jacob is a Captain in the Air Force. James has enjoyed getting to know Jacob better through family events. It has been cool for James to see both sides of Jacob and he looks up to both of them. There is a fierce loyalty and strength he has for protecting his family and those he cares about, while at the same time enjoys Star Wars memes and building transformers out of board game pieces during intense Sweeney game nights. James is glad to have someone that means so much to him and Bekah on the altar with them.

Jacob Sweeney

Alex is James’ brother-in-law. James and Alex met in high school and while they always shared interests of Star Wars and Football they ended up in different friend groups. They reconnected when James started dating Bekah as Alex was engaged to her sister Maria at the time and those shared interests led to fun nights of playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 on Xbox or watching football. James is excited to have more adventures with Alex and watch he and Maria’s life continue to grow.

Alex Wagner

John is James’ brother-in-law. He is the husband of Bekah’s sister Sam, and is a proud father of two boys. James has enjoyed getting to know John more through family gatherings and has fond memories of Jackbox nights and coming over during holiday breaks to play Mario Kart or Mario Party. James sees John as an excellent example of his two biggest goals in life of being a husband and father and knows John will support him in every step of that journey.

John Cecava

Jared is one of James’ closest friends. James met Jared sophomore year of college and was welcomed into a brand new group of friends. This gave James many weekends worth of new memories and friendships that are still growing. Jared has offered support for James in times of great excitement and hardship. James loves seeing what new meme he will share or video he will send to their group chat. The effort he puts into his goals is only superseded by the care he has for his friends.

Jared Gaspers

James has been good friends with Rodney since 6th grade. They shared many activities that kept them close. Even when they don’t see each other for awhile their friendship is able to pick up right where it left off. Rodney has been nothing but supportive of James and Bekah, going as far as to help James take pictures of him asking Bekah to marry him. He also loves seeing how much Rodney has embraced many of the wonderful people in Bekah and James’ life and has taken an active role in helping create a new community of good married couples that will help James and Bekah fulfill their marriage promise. James has loved watching Rodney grow up and is so excited that he will be a Dad in June! 

Rebekah & James

Rebekah & James

R&J

Wedding Day

1:00 PM–2:00 PM

Ceremony

5:00 PM–12:00 AM

Reception