About these Ocean Breeze at Mayport wedding photos...

We were really excited to meet Jessie and Alex in person before their wedding - they were living in Tallahassee while planning their wedding so it worked out perfectly to meet up with them while we were in Tallahassee one weekend visiting Chris' family. We ended up talking to them about all kinds of things - so much that Chris' parents actually got worried when we were not home after a few hours!

We couldn't wait for their wedding - Jessie and Alex had their wedding ceremony in Neptune Beach at the First Christian Church. It is one of the only churches where you can see the ocean from inside the sanctuary! We arrived early and Jessie and Alex had planned to see each other in advance and read their vows to each other inside the sanctuary. It was really awesome to watch from a distance (and from behind these windowed doors which framed a few awesome photos). Then their wedding party came in to join them and to have a prayer circle at the altar before the ceremony. Everyone headed back to the fellowship hall area to wait for all of the guests to arrive and then the wedding ceremony started. One of my favorite photos from the day is while Jessie's brother sang "I Will Be Here" at the start of the ceremony - Jessie's mom sat and watched with her eyes closed. It was making me cry! I do cry easily but I thought it was such an awesome moment.

After the ceremony at the First Christian Church in Neptune Beach we all headed up the road to Mayport's OceanBreeze Conference Center of Mayport Naval Air Station in Jacksonville Beach for the reception. We had time to head out to the beach for some fun photos of Jessie and Alex as well as their wedding party. The reception was great - everyone was dancing and Jessie and Alex had a huge long dance floor!

The Mayport Ocean Breeze Conference Center of Mayport Naval Air Station in Jacksonville Beach, Florida is a great location for a wedding ceremony and reception. The main ballroom faces the ocean and there is a large patio out back with a short walk down to the beach.