Our Wedding

Nicole and Emilio met each other in 2011, while marching in the traveling performance group called the Sacramento Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps. Emilio was a member of the drumline and Nicole was in the colorguard. One night, while traveling in the middle of nowhere to who knows what state, the drum bus experienced some technical issues that proved unfixable. So, the colorguard bus ended up getting flooded by percussionists who did not want to get left behind on the side of the road. Emilio saw a seat open next to Nicole and he proceeded to take it. Nicole was not too happy about this at first, because it is way harder to sleep on a bus when there is someone sitting next to you, but once Emilio sat down and offered her some Starburst, she realized she had scored a pretty great bus buddy. Since it was the middle of the night and Nicole had already brushed her teeth, she did decline Emilio's Starburst offer, and he never lets her forget it to this day... After that night, Nicole and Emilio went on to become friends on Facebook, and eventually they started a long distance relationship with Nicole living in CA and Emilio in TX. Despite the distance and the differences in time zones, they were able to grow closer and form an unbreakable bond through all the late night conversations, long distance movie nights, and plenty of Skype sushi dates. Once Nicole and Emilio had both finished college, they decided it was time to end the "long distance" aspect of their relationship. After 7 years of long distance, Nicole moved to Texas! Nicole and Emilio have enjoyed getting to know each other in person for the last 3 years, and they are so excited to continue onto the next step of their relationship journey: marriage!