Passover at Home

We hosted a Passover Seder last two weekends ago in our home. It was such a nice surprise to hear that Greg, Stacie and the girls would be driving down from Reno to join us. So we had an awesome repeat of the group we had at Thanksgiving.

With the same table linens and all.



Although we did arrange a special appearance from our seder plate.



Norm made a huge tureen of his famous from-scratch chicken soup, assisted by an eager sous chef.



For the main course, we prepared brisket and roast chicken. Enough to feed an army. Seriously. My mom bought 3 briskets, yes three. I cooked two and she cooked the third one. The night before the seder, she tells me she has 2 chickens in her refrigerator that absolutely need to be cooked, so she's going to bring those also. Mind you, one brisket alone easily serves 5-6 people. We only had twelve, total. The good news? Leftovers were guaranteed. Yum-o.



Prior to the start of the seder, Lauren serenaded us all with a little Ode to Joy.



Bellissimo.

Parts of the service this year were enhanced with visual accoutrements. Such as the 10 plagues.

Witness darkness, with a side of frogs on her plate.


[Note the TVT lion in the background keeping watch over the proceedings)

After dinner, the kids geared up to search for the Afikomen (matzah).


[Check out Lauren's self-applied lipstick]



Success!



So, so wonderful to have a house full of family. Yes, the preparation and coordination of everything was hectic and crazy. But at the end of the day, I wouldn't have it any other way.