Whitney and Bruce met when she was on vacation and Bruce was working. Whitney’s nephew, Aiden, was turning 14 so she went down to St. Pete Beach to surprise him. The surprise went great and the following day, Quan, Whitney’s brother in law, arranged for everyone to take the ferry over to this island called Egmont Key. Egmont Key is a small island off the cost of St. Petersburg that is a National Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary.
Whitney and her family get off the ferry and the island is beautiful!! They felt like they were in the Caribbean! Whitney notices a pretty handsome guy riding around on a golf cart in a police uniform. He rides past Whitney the first time and they caught eyes. Whitney also eyed his hand to make sure there wasn’t a ring. The second time, Whitney and her nephew were in the water playing and he waved to them when he rode by. Whitney thought, okay he’s interested and Bruce thought, wow she’s beautiful. The 3rd time, Whitney had to stop him. She said, “Hey, I need your job! You have it made riding around on this beautiful island.” Whitney and Bruce talked for 45 minutes until it was time for them to head back to the ferry. They hit it off immediately and from there it was history. Bruce and Whitney have been talking every day since!
Funny thing about the day they met…. There was another family on the ferry with Whitney. Bruce helped them get their beach chairs and things back to the ferry with his golf cart. When Whitney got back on the ferry, one of the ladies with that family looked at her and said, “I’m going to sing at your wedding!” Surprised, Whitney just laughed and played it off because she assumed the woman had seen her and Bruce talking on the beach and was making a joke. Well, when Whitney told Bruce about this a couple weeks later, he said she actually had told him “You’re going to marry that girl. If you help take our stuff back to the boat I’ll sing at your wedding! Hehe” Here they are almost a year later engaged and planning their wedding!! This lady knew the very first day they met it was meant to be!
The love these two share continues to grow more and more each day. They are so excited to start the next phase of their lives together and can’t wait to celebrate with you in November!