Family & Chocolate

I love my family. And one of the reasons I love my family is because they love chocolate.

My cousin MO's wedding cake, for a visual.

I always try to bring them chocolate from wherever I've been and we know the best places for hot chocolate and sweet delights in multiple countries. As I wrote last week, my aunt, RO, sent a care package chocked full of America's finest candy, most of which were chocolate. Today, a package arrived from my cousin, KO, with a beautiful engagement card, two packages of Maltesers (yes!), and a box of milk and dark chocolate Rhéo Thompson mint smoothies:

Possibly the best mint chocolate on the planet...

Yes, they do look that good in person and they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Alex and I about fell over when we opened the package and its contents explained the slight minty odor I detected when carrying the package home from the post office. Chocolate like this makes me happy my cousin followed her heart and moved away to the Great White North!

The gold foil wrapping to it all? My finacée's family loves chocolate (and food, for that matter) as much as we do. And if anyone had told me I would get chocolate for getting engaged, I would have proposed even sooner!

Ok, maybe not, but still...chocolate...