Fall-ish Photos

The (new & improved) Chaput Family!

Featuring our newest addition...JEN CHAPUT!!!

Random photos from the last 2 months...

FINALLY!!!

So, for those of you who have been harassing me to update this thing, I have finally gotten around to it! This is the first of a handful of blogs I'll be posting in the next few hours.


Way back in September, had a couple showers for Jen. This is the sweet apron she received at her bridal shower.Shannon came all the way from North Carolina to surprise Jen for her lingerie shower. This is the moment we told Jen to open her eyes and see her special "present".More pictures from the lingerie shower...Nic & Jen's wedding day! September 29, 2007. Here is my Lilly and her uncle Nic. (Ann made her dress.)Lilly was most interested in the football during picture time.Grandma Lilly surprised all of us by showing up for the weekend. (I cried.) Grandma & Grandpa Chaput came out, too.More wedding pictures...

Updates coming soon...I promise...

So, for those of you who don't know, I am pregnant with baby #2. And for me, pregnancy = complete lack of energy to do even the smallest tasks. Hence the total lack of blog updates of late. I promise I'll post some new pictures and stuff really soon. For reals. Here's a taste of what's to come...

-Nic & Jen's Wedding (Lilly was the flower girl, I was a photographer, Matt was an usher)
-Sam & Shannon's visit
-Lilly picking out her pumpkin (we're going to do that in a couple hours)
-Random photos from the last month...since I just uploaded them a few days ago.

Please check back in a few days for a real update. Sorry it's been so long, my friends.

P.S.--If you want to see some photos from Nic & Jen's wedding, go HERE.

My baby brother is moving up in the Army ranks!

Introducing...

CORPORAL Samuel Dennis Chaput!

The rank of corporal was established in 1775 with the birth of the Army and the NCO Corps. Along with the rank of sergeant, the corporal is the only rank which has never disappeared from the NCO Corps.

The rank of corporal has always been placed at the base of the NCO ranks. For the most part, corporals have served as the smallest unit leaders in the Army: principally, leaders of teams.

During the Vietnam conflict, the Army adopted the NCO Candidate Course. Going through this course, the soldier would by-pass the corporal rank and be promoted to sergeant or staff sergeant.

This policy, combined with the increased use of specialists, lessened the overall number of corporals authorized in the Army.

Like the grade of sergeant, corporals are responsible for individual training, personal appearance and cleanliness of their soldiers.

As the command sergeant major is known as the epitome of success in the NCO Corps, the corporal is the beginning of the NCO Corps. As the NCO Corps is known as the backbone of the Army, the corporal is the backbone of the NCO Corps.

Information courtesy of U.S. Army

Deployment Day:

First Day in the Army:

Wedding Day:

Goofing off:

At Camp Mary Dell (what cool kids!):

Nice Couch:

Tough Guy:

Where's Waldo?There he is!

Sam & Kate:

We were soooo stylish:

At Freshwind in Toronto:

I'm so proud...

Thanks to BJ & Jessie, we had the oportunity to visit America's Best Restroom in August. If we had only known we were in the presence of greatness...