Ghirardelli Chocolate

A commercial for Ghirardelli chocolate just flooded my memory with some great times with my Dad's family in San Francisco. San Francisco has a lot of significance to my life because of the priceless memories I have with my Dad's family. Next to Colombus, MT-- San Francisco is a place where I was able to visit my Grandma Ginger and my aunts and uncles. Kelly and I have also bopped around the bay area and made some of own memories pounding the pavement, but my most cherished ones come from my earlier years.

Some of the deeply archived photos are too embarrassing to share of some of mine and Becca's most awkward years (decade..?) but here are a few highlights that I get to remember because of my Dad's awesome family did so much to keep us connected during the holiday seasons of our younger years. A Few Highlights...

• Visiting China Town and watching Becca sprint through it because it was "too smelly"! :)
• Spending time with my Grandma in her little apartment
• Grandma introducing me to Hello Kitty 
• Seeing a whole duck served at a Chinese restaurant
• Doing presents and celebrating the holidays at my Aunt Colleen's 
• Seeing the city and all of the amazing sights at night lit up for Christmas 
• Seeing the Palace of Fine Arts with my aunts and uncles (now one of my all time favorite places)

I have the coziest feelings when I think about my time with the Crossen side San Francisco and the bay area. Those memories mean so much to me--  and will always influence my new traditions Kelly and I are creating together.