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
- (02:51) - Meet Cooper — The Sequoia Arrives
- (04:22) - Dealership Day Drama
- (07:34) - Kids Crocheting and Santa Podcast Panic
- (10:20) - Protecting the Kids
- (12:04) - The Ring Dazzle and Design Secrets
- (16:33) - The Golf Cover Story
- (20:57) - Keisha's Favorite Trail in Minot
- (21:25) - Months of Secret Planning
- (22:42) - The Hand Squeeze Tell
- (23:46) - Rose Petals and Polaroids
- (24:49) - The Proposal
- (25:11) - Friends in the Bushes
- (27:16) - Champagne and the Up House
- (29:08) - Wedding Tour Vision
- (33:14) - Cooper Road Trip Prep
- (34:43) - Dogs, Donkey and Chaos
- (36:34) - Post Credits and Farewell
What is JK LOL Storytime?
Some podcasts are produced. This one is just us. Jon and Keisha sit down every week in their basement and talk about their lives — the funny parts, the hard parts, and the parts that are both at the same time. They come from hospitality, from dental offices, from bars that smelled like old wood and good whiskey, and from the kind of hard seasons that either break you or make you exactly who you needed to become.
This summer they're taking their wedding on the road. Nine ceremonies. Nine cities. Two countries. One father on a Harley. JK LOL Storytime is where it all starts.
Pull up a seat. You're already a Regular.