Bridal Shower/Bachelorette Party

We had been trying to plan a trip up the mountain or down to Mesquite for the day, but schedules with everyone weren't working out.  So I decided that a bachelorette party wasn't necessary.  But apparently I was wrong. The night before my bridal shower, my girl friends and fiancé planned a little surprise bachelorette party for me. Brett made sure that I was back in town on time by telling me that he had a rhino-ride planned with some friends.  I didn't suspect a thing. We got home and were stuffing invitations when Brett got a big grin on his face.  He told me he had lied about the rhino-ride right as Lacie, Tanya, Dani, Tawni, and Jaci walked through my front door. They decided I couldn't not have a bachelorette party, so they cooked me dinner, gave me a super cute goodie basket, took me to Magic Mike, and then treated me to my favorite dessert...Krave.  I have the best friends a girl could ask for. And I appreciate all their hard work to put it together last minute and keep it a surprise.

my cousin Jaci 

My cousin/Maid of Honor, Jaci, did a FABULOUS job with my bridal shower! We had delicious homemade soup in bread bowls and a ice cream sundae bar.  I had so much fun and appreciate everyone that came out to support me.  Love you all!

 

Opening Ceremonies

Everyone that knows Brett knows how much he loves dirt bikes and anything of that sort.  So when he found out that Nitro Circus was coming to Cedar City for the Utah Summer Games Opening Ceremonies, there was no doubt that we were going.  We got together with a bunch of friends and had a good time watching wrecks and stunts :)

                             

Bridals

Again Dani came to my rescue. She took my pictures two different times in one day, so that the light would be perfect for my bridals. They turned out beautiful! Her and Donna were so fun to have around for such a special day.  And a special shout out to my father-in-law, Keith, for washing his Harley and driving it out to New Harmony for my evening photo shoot :)

Monster trucks

We got to go with two of our best friends, CJ and Lacie Harward, to a monster truck show in Hurricane.  Everyone else had been to one before, but it was my first time, so I was really excited. 

 

               


 The show started out with guys on dirt bikes doing tricks and then came the monster trucks.  It was pretty exciting and a great time :)

Engagements

So my new sister-in-law (Dani) is awesome! When things weren't quite working out how I wanted them to, she stepped up and took our engagements...AND DID AWESOME!! 

 

She was so much fun to work with and I'm so glad we had her do them.  My mother-in-law (Donna) was an awesome photography assistant/baby sitter for Dani's little girl Addie. Although Brett was distracted by her, she was good entertainment :) 

Engaged!

So first blog ever! Pretty exciting. Brett proposed to me at the house he just bought, while still under construction. The carpets were torn up and walls being painted. I won tickets to opening night of The Hunger Games at midnight, so I didn't think anything of it when he picked me up and was dressed up.  He told me that we needed to stop by the house to drop some stuff off. Again....nothing suspicious about that. But when I walked through the front door, right in the middle of our torn apart living room was a table with roses and a box sitting on it.  In traditional 'Alyssa' fashion I asked, "What the hell is this?"  Brett just giggled and said he didn't know, but that I better go check it out.  I walked over to the table and opened the box, but it was empty (from what I was told later I had a confused/disappointed/mad look on my face).  Then Brett got down on one knee and pulled the ring out of his pocket. "Alyssa Nicole Prisbrey.  I want this to be your house too.  Will you marry me?" Of course I said yes and was shaky and all that, but I had to quickly pull it together because about 1 minute after Brett got off his knee our painter showed up at our house.  We heard him get out of his truck, so I took the flowers and my ring and snuck through the garage, so he wouldn't feel bad walking in on our 'moment'. I am so excited to be able to marry my best friend!