How was your weekend? Attended a holiday party or two? Maybe at your friends place, with family or a company party? I hope you are enjoying this festive month of December. Our weekend was a fun and relaxing couple of days. We went to our cousin’s Meera and Mahesh’s home for our annual holiday cousins’ dinner on Saturday.

A fun evening with the cousins
As with every year, our evening with the cousins is always fun with family, delicious food and lots of laughter. We’ve been doing this holiday dinner for over fifteen years, even before the little ones were born, and its a holiday party that all our families look forward to every year.

We spend the evening chatting and laughing over silly stories, partake of delicious homemade food, and exchange curated handpicked Christmas presents. For me its always the cutest thing to see the kids faces when they are handing out their presents. Here is a look at this year’s holiday party with the cousins.

The kids sure are the cute!

Presents before the party?


















A look at our Italian themed vegetarian dinner




Tonight’s Menu
Caprese salad
Barley Minestrone Soup
Tossed green salad
Roasted root vegetables
Tortelini
Spaghetti with marinara sauce
Eggplant Parmesan





Dessert:
Berry Trifle


California Cousins







Presents for the Aunts and Uncles 👩🏽🦰👨🏽🦰 too 😊🎁













Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
From all of us to you ❤️!

Nice post! love the beautiful pictures!
Thanks Basanthi!
Awww, you guys all look so amazing! I would love that Berry Trifle recipe!!
Good to hear from you Sreedevi! Thanks! I wasnt sure anyone was interested in the trifle recipe but now that you ask, I will type it up and post it 😊