Metallica goes to Chicago

Unfortunately, as soon as I got back home from Europe I had to turn around and fly to Chicago for my cousin Suzanne’s wedding. It was very tiring but worth it to see so much of my extended family. I stayed with my Aunt Jacque and Uncle Craig, which I always really enjoy, and got to see my Mom and Harry, Pauly and Ginny, and all my cousins from that side of the family. The exciting news, besides the wedding, is that my cousin Margo had her second baby just a few weeks before, a girl named Vivien. We visited them and I got to hold her for quite a while. I need the practice! And now Metallica and I are home and we aren’t flying in a plane again for a long, long time. And Mark got back from tour right when I got home, June 2, so we are all reunited and ready to start getting ready for the baby.

Chris and Suzanne are hitched!

My Aunt Jacque at the breakfast table of her lovely home in Chicago.

The new baby, Vivien! She was only a couple of weeks old in this picture.