I was stationed at Fort Rucker in AL and Whitney was finishing up school at UAB when we were introduced. We met at a birthday party for Whitney's great uncle a few days before Christmas. One of my lifelong best friends, whose also a cousin of Whitneys, invited me to the party. After being introduced in the most embarrassing way Whitney walked off but I was undeterred. Peter managed to win me over with his charismatic smile and easygoing disposition before the party ended. His innate ability to to walk into any room and be the life of the party is amazing to me. We exchanged numbers and talked for hours over FaceTime for a month before we met up in Birmingham, AL for our first date. The rest is history.