She is getting hitched... so we had a party!

This past weekend myself and Aly's best friend from Dallas, Chrisanne, threw Alyson her first bridal shower. I think overall it was a complete success! Alyson got lots of things off her gift registry's and the company was great to get to see. We had plenty to eat and some really fun games to play. :) I will let the pictures do most of the talking: I took so many! I just wanted to make sure Aly had pictures to look back on when she was married - that was one thing I didn't get a lot of pictures of my bridal showers when David and I were getting married. Anyway, here ya go!



Everyone who attended the shower; except me. (I am taking the picture).
Mom and Aly.

Mom, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Char, Aly, and Me.

Some highlights of the gifts she got: place settings of Fiesta, a DEEP fryer and spice rack!

We played three games. The first one was the Bridal Scramble. You had 10 mins to unscramble as many words as possible related to bridal things. The second game we played was a "match the pair game". Everyone got a name on their back and then had to go around the room and ask "yes/no" questions to try and figure out who was whom. The winners were Lucy & Ricky. :) The last game got the most laughs! We had 24 rolls of TP split into three teams and the team that made the dress most like Aly's won. :) It was quite humorous. No one knew what they were in for when they came to our shower! LOL.

Ms Cannon had the veil and flowers and everything!!! :) so FUN!

Look at all the detail in Ms Helen's dress! so impressive!!

Back of Debbie's dress

Front of Debbie's dress

Aly with Aunt Nancy, Mom and Aunt Char. Yes, Alyson is taller than all of them (myself included) however, she did have on 3-4inch heels, so it just amplified her height, lol. None the less I think it is a great picture.

Helen and Cherie paired as Lucy and Ricky.

The intense 10 minute Bridal Scramble. Some of the words really were HARD!

Chrisanne, Myself and Aly. (The 2 hostesses and the Bride to be!)

Aly's invite. I just randomly found these online and thought they were super cute and so "Aly". :)

Now you can see what I was talking about the heels... naturally I had decided to wear flats that day so really short. I am still 5"3 thank you very much! ;)

So David and I got in Thursday night and woke up early Friday morning to begin the daunting task of making 72 cupcakes! It was a blast. I always love getting to spend time in the kitchen.... I truly love it.

Cupcake tower.

spinach and cream cheese pinwheels. soooo good.

Here is a picture of a platter of cupcakes :) I made a variety just to make sure everyone found something they liked! The blue dot tops are dark choc with butter cream choc icing, the yellow dots are lemon with lemon butter cream icing, and the red dots are the red velvet with cream cheese icing. Yes, all of them were homemade. Soooo good!!

I also made these. They are called, "Whoopie Pies". I thought the name was very appropriate for a bridal shower and hello they were delish!! They were red velvet cake with cream cheese icing - such a hit! :)

The gorgeous flower centerpiece for the food table.

I thought these were SOO cute. Mom found them in Austin. They are Bride/Groom Toothpicks! How fun is that?

Chrisanne got these M&M's. They have "Aly & Matt" on some and others read "June 12, 2010". Such a cute shower idea! I def took notes for that one! ;)

It was a crazy busy day, but one that was definitely enjoyed. It was so great to get to catch up with some old family friends. I love planning and hosting parties. The more I do it the better I get. :) Hopefully by the time I get another shower again I will be an expert to help! lol. :)