Ward Christmas Party

We had a ward Christmas party on Friday. I laughingly signed up to bring a jello salad. It was either that or pumpkin pie. The jello list was all the older ladies and the pie list was all the younger sisters. I just knew that all the pumpkin pies were going to be coming from Costco! So I thought "I am going to make a jello salad!" I followed a recipe from a very reputable source and TA-DA! My jello did not jell. My face was one of disbelief. How hard is it to make jello?!?!?! Truthfully, this is the third time this year that my jello has not been successful (I have only made jello 4 times in our 5 years of marriage). The first one didn't jell, the second one jelled too much before I put the fruit in, and this third one so sadly did not jell either. At least #2 was edible, #1 and #3 were not. And the recipe really looked good, so I was disappointed. Maybe they should hold a Homemaking on "How to Make Jello Salad," and not Jello soup, for all of us under the age of 30. So I made a Dixie Salad instead. For those who have never tasted this delicious concoction, it is pomegranates, green apples, walnuts, marshmallows, and whipped cream. It's a Thanksgiving and Christmas must-have in the Hess family.


Kiefer made his acting debut as Baby Jesus in the ward's live nativity and Christmas story reading . Avery was a little angel, and Jared was a shepherd/Jedi knight. The lamb was itself, as was the star.