This year is no different. The best part about visiting with this family is that our children are all the same age. She had her oldest 5 weeks before my oldest was born and then she had twins 2 1/2 weeks after my little one was born - we have been through a lot together!
We are once again hosting New Year's Eve at our home - it has become a standing tradition. We'll have lots of appetizers, I make a pasta dish with rigatoni, Italian sausage, peppers, onions - delish! Fireworks are ready to set off once it gets dark. Then we do a "kids countdown" at 8:00 p.m. complete with sparkling cider and lots of noisemakers! This is so much fun for the kids - then off to bed they go!
The crowd this year will be a bit larger than in year's past, including us, we will have 7 families joining us for the festivities. I will definitely write a post on the details of the party later this week, but for now - I'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite sparklings.
The hubby and I tend to do a lot of taste testing before our holiday party to find unique and reasonably priced wine and sparkling - we didn't do that this year because we were so happy with what we chose last year! I also served this at our 2012 Easter Brunch. I love this - it is yummy and inexpensive. Found (of course) at my favorite store Total Wine - it is from France, but I don't believe it is from the Champagne region so it is considered a sparkling variety. Priced at $8.99 a bottle, Depreville Extra Dry is worth a try. They also have a Rose and Brut which I have tried as well, but the Extra Dry is my favorite.
What are you drinking this New Year's Eve?
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