Wedding Day

Ceremony

Reception

Ceremony @ 2PM: Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Parish

14818 W Deer Valley DrSun City West, AZ 85375

Reception @ 5:30PM: Cimarron Golf Course

17100 W Clearview BlvdSurprise, AZ 85374

Our Wedding

In February of 2023, two lives were changed forever, though it was not obvious at first. William and Anna had both decided to audition for a play at Starlight Community Theater in Phoenix, Arizona -- Loving Lives was a play set in the 1940s depicting the drama that occurred behind the scenes of a failing radio show. Anna had always loved the stage, and was looking for a way to meet friends after moving from Virginia. William had been continuing to build community in the Valley where he was born and raised, in an effort to develop his artistic career. They met at callbacks and would continue to see each other at rehearsals, however sparsely, their characters not interacting often. William was the show announcer, who wound up in a medicated coma in the middle of the show. Anna was a veteran actress with no time to loiter in the studio, even to check on snoring bodies on the floor. With such conflicting schedules, how would they learn more about each other? By Divine Intervention, under the guise of car trouble! William sent out a group e-mail to the cast, requesting a ride back home from rehearsal. Anna offered her services, and the evening of April 11th started to change things a bit more clearly. During the fateful ride, the two passed the time with conversation, naturally: discussion of respective families, past theater experience, relationship status (a subtle check that both were single...), and personal Lenten practices. It was not until after she had arrived home that she realized William had not asked any clarifying questions on the last of this heart-to-heart list, which in turn allowed her to draw the conclusion that he was Catholic, or at least Christian. With that exciting discovery, she decided to try to get to know him even more. Of course, social awkwardness is very much a thing, and her attempts at approach mostly involved lingering near him backstage, hoping to insert herself into any further conversations smoothly. A fair amount later, both building up courage, the second week of the show’s run came along. As Anna was giving herself crows feet and frown lines for her old-lady make-up, still lingering by William, hoping for something, he turned around in his seat towards her (nervous as ****). “Hey, do you like movies?”“Yes?”“Do you like Guardians of the Galaxy?”“Yes.”“Would you like to see the third with me?”“Sure.”“Cool.”“Cool.” He turned back in his seat, mind blown at the success of the moment, and Anna went back to her make-up, heavily increasing her smile lines. Their first date was May 17th, 2023, watching Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol III and going to Olive Garden afterwards for some more conversation. The night ended with a hug on the Badley porch. And, it would not be long before they met again. Because William is so ambitious, immediately after Loving Lives, he started a new project: directing Matt and Cory for his own theater group, Showcase. Auditions were the next day, via video calls. Anna had already admitted to him during the date that she planned to audition, if only because she wanted him to notice her, and she was gonna try to muster up the courage to ask him out sometime during the process if she got cast. Even though that part was no longer necessary, she still auditioned, and was cast! Before brand new rehearsals would actually start, though, there was a test Anna had to pass. Memorial Day Lord of the Rings Marathon! William knew she was great beforehand, but the fact that she was willing to spend 11 hours and 47 minutes with him and one his favorite film adventures, spontaneously and adding on one at a time as the day went on, meant a lot to him and solidified much else in his mind. The next couple months would be focused on the show, though, with William directing and Anna playing the ex-girlfriend of one of the titular characters. Progression relationship-wise seemed stagnant, due to an “unwarranted nervous attitude about people’s professional opinions of their relationship.” The biggest thing that had happened was an adorable birthday card from William, with hopeful indications about the future. But, when the show ended…! On July 2nd, the final day of Matt and Cory’s runtime, the two celebrated with another date -- dinner and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! William asked if they could be officially boyfriend/girlfriend (he wanted to introduce her to his siblings and friends as ‘his girlfriend,’ and not just ‘the girl he’s dating.’); Anna gratefully agreed, sharing that her sisters had also wondered when he was going to make things official! And, now, the rest is history, as they say (you know, they!): they have happily, eagerly, readily moved along through dating and engagement, soon to be wed, giving each other the best possible life sentence, together! The Leys of Thespis! If you wish to hear our proposal story, hit us up at the reception afterwards! Ceremony @ 2PM: 14818 W Deer Valley Dr, Sun City WestReception @ 5:30PM: 17100 W Clearview Blvd, Surprise

From Loving Lives To Loving Each Other

Our Story

Christopher attended the University of Dallas with William. He and William connected through a love of discussing film. After graduation, he and William shared an apartment while working at a charter school. Christopher began his career in education as a paraprofessional for special education. He earned his teaching certification and has continued to work in the field of special education for the past 7 years. In addition to a love of movies, Christopher has an interest in literature, collecting vinyl records, the outdoors and history.

Christopher Simia

The OriginalYoungerSister™ of the bride, Josephine is currently employed as a preschool teacher in an infant's classroom. She looks forward to being relieved of her duties of keeping Anna entertained and passing the torch to William. Hoping for prosperity to the joyous couple and more than willing to lend her knowledge and experience of childcare for post wedding date-nights.

Josephine Badley

Oldest brother of William and his part-time financial advisor, Anthony is a packaging engineer living in Flagstaff, Arizona with William’s oldest sister-in-law. He attended the play where William and Anna first started to crush on each other and is super excited to watch these two theatre nerds Loving (their) Lives together.

Anthony Buckley

Anna’s favorite sister named “Isabel”. She’s currently studying Exercise Science at GCU in hopes of becoming either a Physical Therapist or a Chiropractor. She’s excited to have a new big brother, hopefully one that doesn’t enjoy making fun of her too much…Sending huge congratulations to the bride and groom!!

Isabel "Issy" Badley

One of the many folks William has met doing the weird and wacky art form we call theatre, Joey runs Showcase Community Theatre. He is a passionate fan of the arts and very much enjoys writing, directing, and acting. Joey is also an avid fried pickle enthusiast and will fight anyone who denies the deliciousness of Texas Roadhouse's fried pickles. Please buy him some fried pickles and you will win his heart.

Joey Whelan

Hello to all reading this and to those who aren't. I'm Audrey the actual favorite of both the bride and groom and they totally didn't put me at gunpoint to write this bio. Excited to become an aunt. Finally.

Audrey Badley

Andres is the biggest cheese. He hangs out with other cheeses, doing lots of cheese things all of the time. He moved to California to get away from William and has now moved back to Arizona due to missing William too much, as William predicted. Andres likes Anna alot and wishes the two lovebirds the greatest of adventures.

Andres Sanchez

'Tis I, Genevieve Badley, fair maiden of the Badley manor and keeper of the stone of Sar Casum of whom the eleventh spot of the family lineage is kept. I am nearing the end of my tenth year of general education, where I enjoy activities of only the finest arts, such as dance. I bid the groom the fairest of wishes.

Oh! And the bride, too, I guess.

Genevieve Badley

Cody Bro was born in Brooklyn New York. He works as a schoolteacher and is married to his wife Emily. He met William and Anna in theater, and is proud of the fact that he selected the play, Loving Lives, in which the two of them met.

Cody Bro

Favorite sister of the bride and groom, Anna is excited to invite a new addition to the Anna Buckley club and force another person to help make a movie for her book.

Anna Buckley

Nathanial is a working actor from Southern California, and he is ecstatic to be a part of such a beautiful day. He and William grew up together, attending St. Helen’s Church and playing youth basketball together. Nathanial has had a wonderful time getting to know Anna as well, and he is so excited for the journey this wonderful couple are about to embark upon!

Nathanial "Nate" Vogel 

Katherine is honored and overjoyed to celebrate this amazing day with the bride and groom, and excited to welcome another sister-in-law into the Buckley family, especially another Anna. She is the youth minister in Flagstaff and loves to bring the youth of the north to the Lord. She is already and continues to pray for the bride and groom as they take this next step in their journey together, and ultimately, lots more prayers for this part, as they help each other get to Heaven. 

Katherine Buckley

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Registry

We are so happy that you are joining us for this once-in-a-lifetime event (let us know if you changed your mind…)! We have a PSA for you all! Since this is a nice ceremony, it will be appropriate to wear formal dress to it; in addition, as we have many non-Catholic attendees, it is worthwhile preparing those for the idea of Communion. If you are not a practicing Catholic, you should not be coming up to receive the Eucharist. When the time comes, some will go up in line to receive. If you would like to receive a blessing from the Priest or Eucharistic Minister, you are also welcome to follow with arms crossed, but there is no need to fret about whether to join the line as well: remaining in the pews is perfectly fine! Once again, we look forward to seeing you there! God Bless!

William & Anna

William & Anna

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