Former Golden Bachelor Ioan Vassos and her fiance, Chalk Chapelring in the holidays with each other — and with their loved ones.
“First Thanksgiving in Maryland with the Vassos team and the Chappelle kids,” the two wrote in a joint post via Instagram on Monday, December 2. “So many things to be thankful for – family, laughter and the beginning of new traditions.”
Along with the announcement, the couple shared several photos from their celebrations, including a photo of the two posing with Chock’s two children and one of Joan’s daughters. (Joan shared his four children with the late husband Johnwhile Chok is father of two children he shares with his ex-wife Heather.)
In another image, Chock, 61, pointed to more than a dozen socks, each personalized with a name in cursive for the respective family members. Joan, also 61, looked at her fiance and laughed in the photo.
“Loved being with you this week!” Joanne wrote in the comments section. “It felt so easy for families to be together. Can’t wait for next time!”
After celebrating Thanksgiving, the two showed off their festive Christmas display, which included a special nod to Bachelor Nation. In an image shared via Instagram on Saturday, Nov. 30, Choc and Joanne showed off a close-up of a circular ornament that reads “The Golden Bachelorette.” Under the show’s title was a dress and a tuxedo. “Engaged 2024,” was written below.
Former Golden Bachelor Joan Vassos and her fiance Chuck Chappelle celebrate the holidays side by side. The couple shared a series of sweet images decorating a Christmas tree, including a close-up of an ornament that paid tribute to where they met. The circular wooden ornament read “The Golden Bachelor” and included (…)
“Our first golden Christmas… ✨🎄,” they captioned the joint post. “Special thanks to my friend @kateslaytonlettering for this beautiful custom ornament! 🎁 #новитрадиции #златниятерген.”
Joan and Chuck spend their first holiday season together after getting engaged The Golden Bachelor season 1 finale, which aired in November. As he gushed over their combined family, Chock exclusively recalled Us Weekly the first thing his daughter said after he and Joan got engaged.
“Do I have a stepmom?” he shared of his daughter’s question in a November us cover story. “(She and Joan) should meet in their hometowns. They just got along great. They talk two or three times a week. And my daughter is related to Joan’s daughters. We blend families together.
Joan and Chuck are ready to party – and then take on New York! After getting engaged on the Wednesday, November 13 episode of The Golden Bachelorette, Joan Vassos and Choc Chappelle are ready to celebrate their relationship with a big engagement party in Los Angeles before heading to the East Coast. “It will be bigger than (…)
As the couple embarks on their new chapter, Joan and Chuck exclusively said us their plans for the future include finding an apartment in New York.
“This first year, obviously, we have to figure out life. Chuck has a business in Kansas. I have children and grandchildren in Maryland. I’m not leaving Maryland, but he has duties in Kansas,” Joan said us. “We know we’re going to spend some time in Maryland and Kansas, but then we have this really fun plan because we’ve both always dreamed of — and we’re finally at this weird stage in life to make that dream come true — that we live in a big city, and specifically we’ve always wanted to live in New York. Chok surprised me and said, “I want to go find a place.”
