Love is in the air as Naomi and Alex tie the knot
NAOMI and Alex Jessup celebrated their small wedding last Friday with a stroll to the foot of Bray Head to take some photos against the backdrop of snow.
Naomi (formerly Keddy) is from Rockfield Close in Newtownmountkennedy and the couple now live in Alex’s native Mullingar.
They got married in a civil ceremony at the Royal Hotel, before having a private dinner for four, including their two witnesses, at the Parkview Hotel in Newtown.
While they had imagined quite a different wedding day, the happy couple had a wonderful time.
Naomi said that they had originally had a bigger reception planned for Friday, January 8, and ultimately had to cancel all of their arrangements, such as the DJ and dinner with all their guests.
‘We still wanted to go ahead and have the wedding and get married on our date,’ said Naomi.
She said that they do intend to hold a small party for friends and family at a later date, when regulations allow.
They got beautiful winter weather for their special day, and couldn’t have been happier.
‘It was very, very nice and the hotel was so accommodating,’ said Naomi. They stayed in the Parkview the night before and the night of the special occasion. ‘ They made it very special for us,’ said the bride. ‘We are so grateful as it wouldn’t have been possible without them.’
Naomi has lived in County Westmeath for the past two years, and came home to get married to Alex.
While they couldn’t make any plans for a honeymoon, and their dream honeymoon would be abroad, they do hope to at least get away in Ireland for a break during the year.
Looking forward to seeing their photograph in the newspaper, Naomi said that she was in the Bray People for quite different reasons in 2003. ‘I was the five-year-old girl hit by a motorbike on the Main Street in Bray,’ she said. While she doesn’t remember the accident, she knows she was in hospital for several weeks at that time and her family got a dreadful fright.
Thankfully, she recovered and years later has had a most happy wedding day with her husband Alex.