{"id":297156,"date":"2025-08-10T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/joanna-gaines-shares-sweet-video-as-two-kids-head-to-college\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T22:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:54:39","slug":"joanna-gaines-shares-sweet-video-as-two-kids-head-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/joanna-gaines-shares-sweet-video-as-two-kids-head-to-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Gaines Shares Sweet Video as Two Kids Head to College"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Joanna Gaines<\/strong><\/a> is just like Us moms who are sending their kids off to college<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Magnolia Network star and cofounder posted a sentimental video via Instagram<\/a> on Saturday, August 9, as her family enjoyed their \u201clast dinner\u201d before her son Drake, 20, goes back to school and her daughter Ella, 18, heads out for her freshman year.<\/p>\n

Joanna, 47, shares five children with husband Chip Gaines<\/strong><\/a>, including sons Duke, 17, and Crew, 7, and daughter Emmie, 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cGulp,\u201d Joanna wrote alongside the reel. \u201cLast dinner together before our oldest heads back to college and our second is about to leave home for her freshman year. Thankful for the group hug and all the puppies to help me work through my wide range of emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAnd also Crew\u2019s motor bike, it made me feel like a kid again \u263a\ufe0f I love you kids so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the video, set to the touching lyrics of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s \u201cLandslide,\u201d the Gaineses enjoyed each other\u2019s company at their farm. Joanna and Chip, 50, could be seen making homemade pizzas in a brick oven before the family sat down at the dinner table.<\/p>\n

They then shared a group hug with their mom outside in the yard, dogs included, before Joanna hopped on a kids\u2019 motor bike for a joy ride.<\/p>\n

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In November 2023, Joanna and Chip opened up about what it was like to send their firstborn child off to school when they still had a preschooler at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the greatest gift of having a kid go off to college and having a 5-year-old toddler, is kind of that perspective of it\u2019s not here forever. Don\u2019t take it for granted, and cherish these moments,\u201d Joanna told People<\/em><\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

Chip added, \u201cSomething about Drakey going off to college really does make you shift your attention to Crew who\u2019s on the tail end of all this. And you\u2019re kind of living very intentionally because you know that \u2014 which is so hard to believe when you\u2019re holding a 1-year-old \u2014 \u2018Oh, this time\u2019s going to go by quickly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Joanna Gaines Enjoys Late-Night Baking with Daughter Ella<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\t(Photo by Larry Busacca\/Getty Images for TIME) In the Gaines house, holiday baking is a family affair! Joanna Gaines posted a video via Instagram on Thursday, November 28, of her and her oldest daughter, Ella, baking during the festive season. Taken by Joanna, 46, the video shows 18-year-old Ella tidying up as they continue their [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Joanna and Chip recently enjoyed a vacation to Mexico with all of their kids to bond and connect as a family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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