Original Wedding: Kaori and Jon at Turf Valley's Terrace on the Green

Having made the decision to attend a Marine Corps presentation, solely based on the free pizza, I can’t imagine that Jon ever thought that that one move would lead to the rest of his life. Not only did it decide his career path, it also led him to Kaori.

Kaori and Jon met in Japan, where Jon was stationed shortly after training and Kaori was earning her Master’s Degree and working on base. As Jon describes it, he wandered into her office one day and remembers thinking about how lovely she was, but doing nothing about it. Months later, he asked Kaori out and she said yes. She continued to say yes and when their relationship made it through stressful jobs and deployments, Jon realized he couldn’t leave Japan without her.

The Perfect Wedding Day Emergency Kit

One thing that has taken Nora and I a couple of years to perfect is NoLo's wedding day emergency kit. This is something that we bring with us to every wedding. It's filled to the brim with things that not only the couple or a guest may need, but items that we may need throughout the day as well.

Don't get me wrong, our first emergency kit was useful and functional. And Google was a great help in putting it together! But over the last few years we have added things that we ended up needing and taken out others that just seemed to go to waste.