Recipe for a Wedding, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Here's the recipe for a wedding - start with one beautiful bride on a perfectly warm spring day.....

....add one handsome groom, stir in scores of friends and family.......

.....stir in the cute flower girls and ring bearers......

.....blend together with an exchange of rings.......

.....season with an unexpected and surprise serenade by the groom  (the Beatles tune, "Till There Was You")......

......pause for a tearful bride's response to the singing......

.......applaud the new husband and wife......

.....garnish with formal photographs of the new couple (there was a real photographer doing that - not me).....

.....add in pictures of the bride and her maids of honor.......

.......and the happy parents of the bride......

......and of course, the entire wedding party......

.....then, when the photographs are done just right, add a splash of wine (or a river depending on taste)....

.....prepare the flatware to be ready for the cake......

.....set up the tables and  the formal part of the wedding recipe is complete! Simmer in the perfect, dry, 80-degree weather, eat, drink, be merry, cut the cake, dance, karaoke and, VOILA! -  you have completed the recipe for a perfect wedding! Congratulations to the bride and groom!