Joanna Gaines is rather like Us mothers who’re sending their children off to school.
The Magnolia Community star and cofounder posted a sentimental video by way of Instagram on Saturday, August 9, as her household loved their “final dinner” earlier than her son Drake, 20, goes again to high school and her daughter Ella, 18, heads out for her freshman 12 months.
Joanna, 47, shares 5 kids with husband Chip Gaines, together with sons Duke, 17, and Crew, 7, and daughter Emmie, 15.
“Gulp,” Joanna wrote alongside the reel. “Final dinner collectively earlier than our oldest heads again to school and our second is about to depart house for her freshman 12 months. Grateful for the group hug and all of the puppies to assist me work by way of my big selection of feelings.”
She added, “And in addition Crew’s motor bike, it made me really feel like a child once more ☺️ I really like you children a lot.”
Within the video, set to the touching lyrics of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide,” the Gaineses loved one another’s firm at their farm. Joanna and Chip, 50, might be seen making home made pizzas in a brick oven earlier than the household sat down on the dinner desk.
They then shared a gaggle hug with their mother exterior within the yard, canine included, earlier than Joanna hopped on a children’ motor bike for a pleasure trip.
Joanna and Chip Gaines’ children on trip. Courtesy of Joanna Gaines/Instagram
In November 2023, Joanna and Chip opened up about what it was wish to ship their firstborn little one off to high school once they nonetheless had a preschooler at house.
“I believe the best reward of getting a child go off to school and having a 5-year-old toddler, is type of that perspective of it’s not right here perpetually. Don’t take it as a right, and cherish these moments,” Joanna instructed Folks on the time.
Chip added, “One thing about Drakey going off to school actually does make you shift your consideration to Crew who’s on the tail finish of all this. And also you’re type of residing very deliberately as a result of that — which is so exhausting to imagine if you’re holding a 1-year-old — ‘Oh, this time’s going to go by rapidly.’”
(Photograph by Larry Busacca/Getty Photographs for TIME) Within the Gaines home, vacation baking is a household affair! Joanna Gaines posted a video by way of Instagram on Thursday, November 28, of her and her oldest daughter, Ella, baking throughout the festive season. Taken by Joanna, 46, the video exhibits 18-year-old Ella tidying up as they proceed their […]
Joanna and Chip not too long ago loved a trip to Mexico with all of their children to bond and join as a household.
“Fact is, we’re all homebodies,” Joanna instructed Folks final month. “However as our youngsters become old, I’ve discovered what a present it’s to get away and have that intentional time as a household. Being current is what we’re after — so we restrict telephones, choose just a few video games or hikes that everybody is worked up about, eat collectively for each meal and toss the schedule out the window.”
Joanna and Chip hosted HGTV’s Fixer Higher from 2013 to 2018 earlier than absolutely embracing their very own model, Magnolia. The couple has since launched a life-style journal, Magnolia Journal, a group of house decor gadgets offered at Goal, Fireside & Hand and the Magnolia Community.
Fixer Higher spinoffs have popped up on the community, in addition to Joanna’s cooking present Magnolia Desk and one-room renovation collection Mini Reni.
