Jennifer and Bruce are from Illinois and had planned for a sunset beach wedding on Siesta Key. But when we called them to check in at about 11:00am on their wedding day, Jennifer was sobbing. She explained that Bruce had been scheduled to fly down from Chicago early that morning, but had been in a car accident on the way to the airport!
Bruce was okay, but totaling their car, spending a half hour stuck in a cold, snowy ditch, and a trip to the hospital had thrown quite a wrench in his travel plans and he had missed his flight.
After several tearful phone calls, Jennifer was able to get him on a later flight out of Milwaukee, but the flight was to Tampa, rather than Sarasota as originally planned, which meant he would get into Tampa about an hour and a half before his wedding, with an hour and a half to drive from Tampa to Siesta Key and no one to pick him up at the airport!To make things worse, Bruce's cell phone battery died while all of this was taking place, so no one knew if he had actually boarded the later flight.
It just so happens that Tampa International Airport is not too far out of our way, so we offered to wait at the airport, pick him up, and deliver him to his own wedding. We were already providing the ceremony, photographer, and videographer, so we figured why not throw in a groom as well!
Upon seeing her groom after such a stressful day, Jennifer couldn't wait - she literally ran down the beach, leapt into Bruce's arms, and started the ceremony with a much deserved kiss!
Jennifer and Bruce were married on Siesta Key's award winning Siesta Beach just as the sun was setting. Their beach wedding ceremony was officiated by Jeff, while Claire provided their wedding photography and Jamie provided their videography. Bruce and Jennifer recited their own wedding vows to each other (Jennifer went all "high tech" and used her iPhone to read her vows!), and it was all very intimate and romantic.
It was a delightful and romantic end to a very stressful day, and we are so glad we were able to help make it a success.
Jennifer and Bruce: Thank you so much for making us a part of your Florida beach wedding plans! We wish you all the best in the years to come. Below are a few of our favorite pictures from your Siesta Key beach wedding:
How awesome!!! Thanks for the tears Jen and Bruce. I can't wait to see more pictures. I Love you guys! - Mo
ReplyDeleteWow, what a sweet thing you did for Jennifer! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love your site and blog, but was curious what most people do after the ceremony showed on most posts? Dinner at a venue?
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteDepending on the size of the group, some go to dinner at a restaurant, and some have a more formal reception. We have a great list of restaurants and other vendors on our preferred vendors lists at http://www.simpleweddingsblog.com/p/preferred-vendors.html.
Hope that helps!
Jeff
awesome posting, really great job.
ReplyDeleteWow! What an adventure! I couldn't really imagine if what will I do if something happened to my husband-to-be on the day of our wedding. Good thing that Bruce was okay and he was able to make it in his wedding. Likewise, I like the video presentation. Hope to see more soon.
ReplyDeleteCool thing to do. Love the blog too, very clean and fast.
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