Alyssa’s Bridal Shower
We were in Iowa this weekend for my future sister-in-law Alyssa’s bridal shower!
Alyssa by the “DIY cupcakes” station
I have Alyssa to thank for our upcoming trip to Alaska! She is from there, and she and my older brother decided to have the wedding near her hometown. I was really hoping that is where they would have it! I am so looking forward to visiting Alaska, and meeting more of Alyssa’s family!
Alyssa moved to Iowa two years ago to live with my brother, and she immediately fit in with our family. We love having her here with us!
My sister and mom did all of the decorations, food, and prizes for the party and I was in charge of games. You probably remember me asking you guys for suggestions?
I wanted to make the games as least painful as possible (no wrapping the bride in toilet paper, ha ha), so they were mostly written – a “how well do you know the bride” quiz,
a favorite memory with the bride, and a memory game. We had Alyssa walk around in this apron with kitchen stuff pinned to it, then had her leave the room and asked the guests questions about it. Only, the questions didn’t focus too much on the apron (“what color is Alyssa’s dress?,” “are her nails painted?”). Ha ha.
We had a good time! We spent a lot of time talking about the wedding and all of our travel plans there and I am stoked to spend more time with everyone in Alaska!
Party guests
My snister and our nephew James
Sisters – Amber, Christina, me and Alyssa
After the party, my mom, snister, Alyssa and I drove by a house that my brother and Alyssa put an offer in on. It’s outside off town, on a dead end road, on several acres! I totally get the appeal of that! I hope it all works out!
There was a bit of goofing around when we got back to clean up the party space. Christina and I were operating on little sleep, and Alyssa and I were operating on spiked punch, so, fun times! Ha ha!
Then we hung at my dad’s mom’s house, which is our usual get-together spot!
It was great to spend time together before our next gathering – in Alaska. EEEEEEEK!
Themocracy
Fun stuff 🙂 It is wonderful you all get a long so well. I can’t wait to see Alaska pics!
Is that another surprise rainbow? 🙂
No, it isn’t! Dad came inside to tell us about this one, and Mom and I were the only ones interested enough to go see it. Oh, and James. He was really set on seeing it.
ooooh i want a wedding in Alaska so I have an excuse to go, too!!
This is the first year in a LONG time that I don’t have any weddings to travel to. Which is probably good considering I can’t really go anywhere right now.. 🙂
OH WAIT, I lied! My sister is getting married in Cali in October. So just 1 travel wedding, and I’ve already been there a hundred times so it doesn’t count as a destination wedding 😉 But I will get to do it with a 2 month old baby, so that should spice things up!!
It’s a great reason to go, right?!
Hee hee, that will definitely spice things up! Although, people have told me it’s easier to travel with babies when they are really young, as long as they aren’t fussy!
That sounds like the best bridal shower: low key and not humiliating or awkward for anyone!
Where in AK is Alyssa from? We still need to go to take a photo in front of the capitol. And also, to see the northern lights!
She’s from Wasila 🙂
Do you guys have any plans to get out there in the near future? A friend was telling me something interesting about seeing the northern lights this winter (I think she was in Norway) – apparently, a lot of the time you only see them on camera and not so much with the naked eye! (she was on a tour specifically to see them and capture them on film)