David and Patricia Epperhart are, you guessed it, Jay’s parents. They live in Arkadelphia, AR, where David is the head of Computer Services at Henderson State University. Patricia is a Spanish teacher at the local high school, but is also the staff accompanist and organist at Christ of the Hills Methodist church in Hot Springs Village, in addition to having her own private piano studio. Both David and Patricia have eagerly welcomed Leigh Anne into their family, and are excited to have another reason to visit the San Francisco area.
	Leah Epperhart is Jay's younger sister. She is a Senior Elementary Music Education major at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. She plays multiple instruments and at a younger age had a remarkable knack of getting on Jay's nerves.  Now she is an extremely helpful sister who does what she can to take some of the wedding pressures off of her family. Plus, she needs extra work so she can earn money to spend time in Dallas with her boyfriend Brad. She also has a loveable little mutt named Oscar who currently lives with the Epperharts and tends to destroy things.
	These are my paternal grandparents Horace and Joyce Epperhart and their oldest son, my uncle Terry. They live in Port Neches, TX. Leigh Anne and I recently made a trip down to see them. I have great memories of them coming to visit me in Texas when I was a little boy. They always brought me lots of gifts and let me buy Happy Meals at McDonalds!
	This is my maternal grandmother, Shirley (Nanno) and her "new" husband, Bill New. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area  near where Leigh Anne and I will live. I have enjoyed spending weekends at her house while I have had my internship at Pixar. Nanno has kept me fed and laundered while I was there! We are very excited that Nanno is coming to the wedding.
	This is my maternal grandfather, Wardell Copeland. He moved to Arkadelphia in 2002 and has been a big fan of my music and watching me play in the band at Henderson during the football games. He has been very ill the past few weeks and we are very sorry he won't be coming to our wedding. We will all miss his big smile and energetic spirit.