Always Room for Jell-O!

It is a well known fact that Mormons are HUGE consumers of Jell-O. Well, our ward decided to celebrate that jiggly, fun, and fruity part of our Mormon culture with an entire ward activity devoted to Jell-O!

And what a great activity it was!

True to form for any Mormon potluck, everyone brought Jell-O. We all brought our favorite Jell-O recipe. I brought the eggs since we have a family tradition of making a huge basketful of colorful eggs for Easter. Only since it is no where near Easter, I decided to try something different - eggs that look like real hard boiled eggs, with pina-colada flavored Jell-O that I discovered. Not much of a recipe, just jigglers, but kind of fun anyway.

Roxanne's rainbow Jell-O was a showstopper! How long did that take her? I loved the cranberry/red hots one myself. Lets just say that we were all on a sugar high that evening!

Everything was delicious! But I must admit, I was rather dissapointed that there was not a single green jello with carrots brought. What kind of Mormons are we, anyway?

The fun started off with some wiggly, jiggly bingo using jello.

The prizes were fruity jello popcorn balls.

Everyone had a fun and fruity time!

They also did some Jell-O trivia and played some Jell-O ping pong. (OK, so it wasn't Jell-O ping pong, just regular ping-pong, but wouldn't Jell-O ping pong have been fantastic? They'd be cleaning sticky colorful stuff off the cultural hall ceiling for years!)

Then came the main event! After everyone had already stuffed themselves with all those fabulous Jell-O dishes, they had a Jell-O eating contest. Well, a Jell-O sucking contest, actually.

But thats OK, because there is always room for Jell-O, right?

This is where I learned just how much my family sucks!

They brought us up on the stage in categories and we had to suck a cupful of jello through a straw. Dennis, Dylan, and Caleb each won their heats. I was so proud!
I had to compete against all my sucky girlfriends, and though I discovered I suck more than most of them, it turns out that my friend Michelle sucks the most. And then in the final, her husband barely out-sucked Dennis.

Well, its good to know we don't have the suckiest family in the ward. I was quite surprised actually. I have always liked the Valdez's and I had no idea they were secretly so sucky! Just kidding. :)

It was a great ward activity! Thanks to Staci for such a wiggly, jiggly, fun and fruity, and yet exceptionally sucky ward party!