Jon and Keisha record Episode 15 from the mountains near Ogden in Eden, Utah, a day late because they’ve been on the road for their #WeddingOnTour, heading into wedding number four after Idaho, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. 

They recap traveling with four kids, two puppies, a trailer, and Randy on his motorcycle through heat and storms, including a moment where Randy desperately chugs water on Highway 93 and Jon runs on almost no sleep after a North Dakota turnaround. They explain why the Phoenix wedding felt easiest—no timeline pressure, a park ceremony, puppies in dresses, Starbucks after, and flexibility when family was sick—contrasting it with stressier events. 

They share ongoing setbacks like lodging hassles and an old one-star Airbnb review from a past unsafe Vegas stay, praise their Phoenix hosts, and emphasize responding to obstacles with perspective. They also talk Vegas chaos, being married by a minister named Bruce Wayne at Little White Chapel, limos, strip adventures, Harley-shop help, upcoming Kentucky and Wisconsin plans, and ideas for future on-location episodes.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

Jon spent months planning a proposal that Keisha would never see coming.

She doesn't like surprises. If she had even an inkling she would have figured it out. So he told her his fried rice elbow was flaring up and he couldn't swing a golf club. Then he suggested a walk instead. He had pink flagging tape in the trees two weeks in advance. A trellis pounded into the ground. Polaroids of every significant moment in their relationship pinned across it. Rose petals. A dozen roses. A speech he still has. A photographer named Ashley hiding up the hill probably getting ticks and grasshoppers. Keisha's best friend Kaylee in the bushes with a video camera.

Keisha thought going to her favorite trail in North Dakota was her own idea.

It was not her own idea.

In this episode Jon and Keisha tell the engagement story. The ring that sat in a wood box under Keisha's bed for a week while she slept over it with no idea. The barbecue dinner with Keisha's mom as cover. The AirPod case ring box. The hand squeezing that got more intense the closer they got. The rose petals that briefly looked like a roadside memorial. The Up house Lego set built by all four kids and Keisha's mom the weekend before. The wine they had been saving that turned out to be terrible. The champagne.

Also Cooper arrived. Betty is retired. The dogs are coming to Idaho. Ethel needs puppy meds. Lucy ate a whole canister of puppy weed once and was in an altered state for a couple days.

By the time you hear this episode they will be on tour.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Episode 14 Kickoff and Nine Weddings Recap

It's June 1st. We're leaving today.

We probably should have scripted this one. We did not script this one, just like all episodes. 

What you're hearing is two people standing in their basement on a Monday morning with totes full of wedding dresses, four veils, boutonnieres, bouquets, and holy guacamole, about to drive 7,588 miles across two countries to get married nine times.

Either we are completely batshit crazy or we are onto something amazing. We genuinely do not know which one yet. There is no middle ground and that feels very on brand.

A few things before we go. We have a Patreon now. The highest tier gets a postcard mailed directly from one of the tour stops — signed, from wherever we are. 

Randy's bike just pulled up outside. Episode 14 drops Thursday June 4th and it's the engagement story. Episode 15 is going to be recorded in the car or a hotel room so we apologize in advance for the audio. The dead cat on the wireless mic is named Carl.

Nine cities. Nine weddings. Two countries. One father on a Harley.

Babe. Let's go.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

She wanted to quit this morning.

Not the tour. Not the relationship. The whole thing. The podcast, the brand outreach, the content, all of it. Too stressful. Savings getting tight. Can't do everything at once.

She said it out loud in the middle of an ordinary Sunday morning sitting across from a man whose arms were sore from shaking 19 gallons of cocktails for a charity event the night before, who ate cottage cheese for breakfast and drank a V8, and who listened without immediately trying to fix it.

And then she found her own way back.

In this episode Jon and Keisha also cover the correct milk cap colors, the broken pickle jar Jon handled without being asked, New Sock Day, the accidental nap philosophy, and the buttermilk shot he takes every time he makes pancakes.

But mostly it is about why they are still doing this; when you listen they will be days away from starting the tour. 

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Cold Open and New Zealand Milestone

Alex and Keisha met at a continuing education course in New York City. The instructor from Ireland thought Keisha was the Canadian. By the end of the week they were roommates, they had walked through the middle of the Pride parade in business attire with no plan, bought flower headbands to blend in, received a free bag of Oreos that tasted exactly the same, gone to Grand Central Station at midnight looking for gluten-free donuts that were obviously closed, and picked up a Manhattan manhole cover on Fifth Avenue at midnight because nobody else was doing anything about it.

There was something on their hands afterward. It was not good.

In this episode Jon and Keisha introduce the Kingston Ontario stop and the woman who makes it worth crossing an international border. Alex is a dental professional, a brilliant clinician, an online course creator, and Keisha's professional soul sister across seven years of conferences, COVID pivots, and calls that were supposed to be an hour and ran until the iPad died. The Kingston ceremony will be barefoot, off-grid, in the trees. It is the hippie wedding. It is nothing like a bourbon warehouse or a waterpark and that is entirely the point.

Plus the Zoom call where everyone finds out which ceremony was the legal one, and a breathing exercise that involves walking around the couch until you feel like you are going to pass out.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Morning and Episode 11 Updates

Adam has been around since he was eight years old. He grew up around Jon's house as his younger brothers best friend, graduated to full-time bartender at the Tap Room, became the Dwight Schrute of the operation, and is now the reason Jon and Keisha are driving through Scranton on the way to Philadelphia.

In this episode Jon and Keisha introduce the Philadelphia stop and the friends who make it worth the drive. Adam's New Year's Eve wedding — where the groom's drink was a Maker's Mark old fashioned served in a pint glass for seven dollars, where every staff member had to leave the reception to go open the bar at 9pm, and where Jon and Ben showed up in rare form and Emily was furious. 

The Jeep that smelled like something nobody could name or confirm. The salmon pants that went down in the Sharpie incident of 2023. The fried rice elbow — two years of tendinitis from wok technique at the North Dakota State Fair at 1am. And the Philly taco, which is a New York slice wrapped around a Philly cheesesteak and eaten like a taco.

America turns 250 this June. Jon and Keisha will be in Philadelphia for it. Jon is not going to lick the Liberty Bell. Keisha is wearing a lobster bib at the reception. Kenya has an MD. Adam still owes Keisha a beer she never got to drink while pregnant.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Cold Open and Episode 10 Setup

Ken and Janet are responsible for all of this.

Not the wedding. Not the podcast. Not the six-hour FaceTime that started everything. 

Well, actually all three of those things. 

Ken was a part-time bartender at a restaurant Jon was consulting for, a man who also happened to be the vice president of a construction company, who just did it for love of cocktails. Soup of the day means Miller Lite. That is not negotiable.

In this episode Jon and Keisha tell the Kentucky chapter. How Ken and Janet became family. How a gala with thousand dollar tables delivered buffet-style roast beef. How a bourbon release line at 5am produced a text photo of Blanton's Gold with the caption marry me. How Janet drank a third of the bottle at her own retirement party and nobody minded at all.

And why the Buffalo Trace bourbon warehouse is where Jon needs to say I do. Because you can't rush bourbon. It takes the time it takes. And so did this.

Kentucky is Stop 6. Ken and Janet are waiting. The old fashioned will be made in the hotel room that night.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Welcome Back and Cheeseburger Shirt

Some people get serious about dating and keep it quiet around the kids. Jon wrote Reagan a letter.

Nearly a year before the engagement, when Jon and Keisha decided this was real and they were building something together, Jon sat down and wrote Reagan a letter. He didn't tell Keisha he was writing it. He didn't ask permission. He just decided he didn't want to withhold affection for Keisha in front of her daughter anymore — and that Reagan deserved to hear why directly from him.

In this episode Jon and Keisha introduce the Wisconsin stop and the friends who make it worth crossing state lines. Lisa — the woman who shows up with the right energy every single time, who communicates exclusively through spot-on one-liners, and whose husband Fred once had a very memorable encounter with law enforcement. Plus the Wisconsin old fashioned debate, a waterslide wedding dress moment that was never not going to happen, nine wedding dresses including one that belonged to Grandma, and the Cheese Castle.

The eastern leg of the tour is coming. Kentucky is next.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Cold Open Chaos

New mics. Queso Thursday. And a completely random Randy sighting at a gas station on the way home: red mirrored sunglasses indoors, white lumberjack beard, and yelling for Grandpa Randy from across the parking lot.

In this episode Jon and Keisha introduce the Utah stop and the woman who was influential in Keisha's younger years. Beth. Apartment Building C, Unit Nine. The friend who was just there: no conditions, no explanation required. They also get into the stolen yellow Volkswagen bug, the first kiss that landed on a cheek instead of where it was supposed to go, and what happens when you make someone a crochet blanket because he's sleeping in his bars during a divorce and you think he might be cold.

The western segment is wrapping up. Wisconsin is next.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.

• (00:00) - Welcome and Studio Upgrade

Before Jon was Keisha's fiance he was her best friend. Before he was her best friend he was the guy who stayed on the phone all night while someone tried to get into her hotel room in Las Vegas — and then quietly booked a 5am flight to be there by morning.

In this episode Jon and Keisha tell the Las Vegas chapter of their story. How a Glacier hike led to a Golden Knights dentist. How a consulting gig turned into a hotel nightmare. How Jon showed up before he was supposed to. And how he called every casino in Las Vegas looking for the Titanic slot machines just because she wanted to find them.

The Little White Chapel. Frank Sinatra. A navy suit with a flamingo tie. A Willy Wonka slot machine win and dinner at Del Monaco. Las Vegas is where Jon proved who he was before either of them had words for it.

JK LOL Storytime is one take, no breaks, no script — just two people telling the truth about their lives. New episodes every Thursday.