I went to a wedding this weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y. Of course, now that I’m planning a wedding, I notice a lot more details, and this wedding was a winner.

Not only were the bride and groom deliriously happy to get married, but they kept it simple.

It was a second marriage for both the bride and the groom and the bride wore an off-the-rack cocktail dress. The couple had rented a small function room in a hotel, so the crowd was kept down to 100 people, and all the guests had a great view as the bride sailed down the aisle on her dads arm. A good enough view that we could all see the tears in her eyes.

We also had a great view when the groom’s two-year-old granddaughter ran up to the bride in the middle of the ceremony and insisted “Grandma” pick her up. The couple took their vows while the bride held onto her step-granddaughter, who, suddenly realizing something was up, took a second look at the bride and whispered, “Grandma, you look beautiful.” The bride was laughing so hard she had to be reminded to say “I do” to the big question, eliciting a roar from the guests.

Then, it was finger food and dancing for the rest of the night.