Wedding Day

Saint Rose Catholic Church

Ceremony

Sylvania Country Club

Cocktails

Reception

Our Wedding

Nina and Corey met in November of 2014 at her house in Bowling Green, OH. Nina was studying early childhood education and getting ready to play tennis for BGSU while Corey was just a couple months away from leaving to Parris Island in South Carolina to start basic training for the Marine Corps.&nbsp;After meeting they began to spend a lot of time together. Their official first date was in January of 2015. Corey then left for South Carolina to begin his journey serving the country as a United States Marine on January 20th, 2015. Both Nina and Corey were not sure what this would mean for their relationship or how it would work, but it just did. They sent letters to each other often. Nina and Corey both found themselves excitedly awaiting letters to come in. They both realized this was something worth waiting for, and something worth the distance and difficulties that their long distance relationship might have. After Corey completed boot camp he headed home to Toledo, OH. Corey was home for a short period of time to visit with family and friends. He and Nina tried to spend as much time together before he would leave again for North Carolina. In the meantime, they met both of each other’s families and friends. Too soon after Corey was home he needed to leave again for his permanent base in North Carolina. The next few years Corey and Nina’s relationship was spent long distance with many long drives to and from North Carolina [mostly by Corey] and many visits that just never seemed to be long enough. They found new creative ways to go on “dates” such as watching the same movie at the same time, even if Nina fell asleep before it ended. Even though there were hundreds of mile in between them, and sometimes even thousands, when Corey was deployed to Spain, they managed to make things work. Things were not always easy and they both wished for the day they would be able to live in the same city as each other. They grew in their relationship and became best friends and soon fell in love. Although they stayed in contact, Nina and Corey took some time for themselves before Corey returned home from North Carolina in 2019. Nina had graduated from BGSU and was fulfilling her dream of being a 3rd grade teacher. Corey was getting ready to return home from his long 4 years as a United States Marine. Shortly after Corey returned home he and Nina began to spend time together again as if no time had passed. Corey had signed a contract to move to Kuwait for a year where he would do private contracting for the United States. Nina and Corey again found themselves thousands of miles apart. They used this time to catch up and remained best friends. When Corey returned from Kuwait in April 2020 they began to spend quite a bit of time together. They were finally in the same city, something they had dreamed about for so long. Nina bought her first house in May of 2020. Corey ~ conveniently ~ began to rent an apartment only blocks away. Being so close, Nina and Corey’s relationship truly began to flourish. They traveled together, spent time with each other’s families and friends, Corey even became the father Nina’s dog Cosmo always dreamed of having, and they were finally able to spend almost every day together. After 8 years of being each other’s best friends Corey surprised Nina [who was on what she thought was a girl’s only trip with her best friends] with a beautiful proposal on one of their favorite beaches in Naples, Florida surrounded both of their families and friends. Nina and Corey are absolutely thrilled to spend the rest of their lives together as best friends. They cannot wait to share the special day with all of their favorite people!&nbsp;

Nina & Corey

Nina & Corey

Travel

Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel

Homewood Suites by Hilton Toledo Downtown

Hilton Garden Inn Toledo Perrysburg