When Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines first grew to become public figures as the celebs of “Fixer Higher,” the 2 have been dad and mom of 4: sons Drake and Duke Gaines, and daughters Ella and Emmie Gaines. The couple went on to increase their brood in 2018 with son Crew Gaines, and for essentially the most half, their youngsters have been stored out of the highlight. Nonetheless, now and again the Magnolia stars share a glimpse of their household — and my, how they’ve all grown!

Within the years since their mother and pop shot to fame, the Gaines youngsters have made the odd look on their dad and mom’ exhibits. The truth is, some might even recall that in 2018, the older youngsters assisted with the reveal portion of one among their dad and mom’ “Fixer Higher” tasks. Duke was additionally a part of the staff in one of many 2021 episodes (an episode that noticed a then-3-year-old Crew be a part of the household as effectively), and Drake has additionally made the odd cameo, joking round together with his dad. Nonetheless, one of many situations when the entire household spent important time collectively on digicam was for a 2020 episode of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” In that interview, each Drake (then 15) and Emmie (then 10) posed questions of their very own to Emmanuel Acho. 

In fact, numerous time has handed since then, and among the youngsters are formally adults. So, with out additional ado, let’s check out their transformations. 

Just below a yr after their look on “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” Drake Gaines took his first huge step into the world: incomes his driver’s license. Talking to Folks, Chip Gaines spoke in regards to the milestone, however not with out poking some enjoyable at his spouse. “I used to be so excited main as much as it, and Jo was too, type of. Then we get this child his license, and the primary morning he goes to drive, Jo bawls her eyes out. She was simply devastated and needed no half,” he quipped.

As for Joanna, she’s by no means hidden the truth that seeing her oldest son rising up has been bittersweet. In 2022, she even wrote a candy weblog publish for Magnolia describing how she was feeling about her son leaving the nest. “Quickly, our oldest son, Drake, can be leaving house for faculty. Within the grand scheme of heartbreaking issues, this one comes with numerous gratitude and pleasure. However nonetheless, my first youngster is shifting away, and our household dynamic will change due to it, and that may really feel like a lack of its personal,” she wrote. Drake started school at Mary Hardin-Baylor in 2023. 

Whereas Joanna appeared to seek out some peace in having the ability to adorn her son’s new condo (although she did joke to “In the present day” that he sometimes added issues as soon as she left), she shared in an August 2024 Instagram replace that she nonetheless struggled with post-vacation farewells. “Second yr in school … saying goodbye does not get simpler,” she wrote. Even so, the faculty baseball participant nonetheless appears to like visiting house. Working example: the June 2025 Instagram video of him and Duke Gaines racing across the farm on a mini-motorcycle whereas Crew Gaines jumps out of a tree.

As with Drake Gaines, Joanna Gaines did not conceal how fearful she was about sending her second-born off to school. The truth is, she shared that she thought it may be even more durable on her as a mother. In any case, regardless of Ella Gaines being hardly ever seen on the present, Joanna stated her oldest daughter is certainly her mini-me.

“With Ella, we like to go to antiques retailers, plant retailers and go get espresso — that is our rhythm. I type of really feel like I am dropping a good friend in my on a regular basis life,” Joanna stated in a July 2025 Folks interview. Certain sufficient, Joanna had beforehand advised People who she and Ella related over comparable issues. “Ella is like me. I feel she’ll comply with in my footsteps and have her hand in numerous issues. Proper now she needs to prepare dinner, be a lead designer and have a donut truck,” she’d stated in 2019. In 2025, Ella put all these expertise to good work by stunning her mother for her birthday. “A while between 12- 7am my little fairy daughter Ella waved her magic wand and did all of this for my birthday weekend. … I woke as much as my very favourite issues on the desk and a scrumptious breakfast that she produced from scratch,” the proud mother gushed on Instagram. 

On the time of writing, Ella’s dad and mom have not revealed what she’s finding out, however Joanna has shared glimpses into their new stage of life, together with a candy video of Ella’s highschool commencement. She additionally hinted at her coping mechanisms on Instagram, writing, “So onerous to consider we’ll have two youngsters in school this August. I will be absorbing this season one of the best I understand how — beginning with this summer season bouquet from the backyard.” 

Again to driver’s licenses, Duke Gaines acquired his on his sixteenth birthday, and whereas Joanna Gaines already had some follow getting used to a extra unbiased teen, she admitted in an Instagram publish that, as with Drake and Ella Gaines, she’d been tremendous emotional about it. “Third time doing this and it nonetheless makes mama cry,” she wrote beneath a video that included a snap of a proud Chip Gaines beaming as their son stuffed out paperwork. The video additionally included a take a look at one other of Joanna’s birthday setups, and eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed a few of his siblings getting concerned with the balloon placement. 

Regardless of getting older, Duke is commonly seen on his mother’s Instagram hanging out with the remainder of the household. The truth is, some followers have been notably taken with a video of him serving to Joanna within the kitchen. “A teenage boy serving to his mother prepare dinner!?! The sweetest!” wrote one. “Each mama with a little bit boy proper now’s watching this and hoping sooner or later their teenage son will wish to do the identical,” gushed one other. 

Granted, Chip has additionally poked enjoyable at among the instances Duke wasn’t tremendous thrilled to hang around together with his dad and mom. Working example, a 2021 episode of “Fixer Higher: Welcome House” when a 13-year-old Duke made a uncommon look on his dad and mom’ present and was tasked with serving to his dad discover one thing cool in an deserted shed. Regardless of his dad’s enthusiasm, Duke wasn’t budging. “Nothing’s cool in right here,” he lamented in a clip Chip shared on his Instagram. “When ‘convey your child to work day’ goes terribly unsuitable … Sorry about that Duke!” he quipped within the caption. Fortunately, the daddy and son managed to seek out one type of fascinating merchandise: an unused casket.

“Fixer Higher” followers might bear in mind Joanna Gaines sharing updates on her daughter’s drawings (together with on toilet counters) when she was nonetheless little, however like her siblings, she’s rising up quick. The truth is, in January 2025, Joanna shared an emotional Instagram caption in honor of her and Chip Gaines’ youngest daughter turning 15. “F I F T E E N … How is our child lady already 15?” the proud mother gushed, earlier than itemizing the issues she cherished about her. “Emmie Kay is JOY. She is FUN. She is ever so LOVELY. What a present she is to our household,” she wrote. As together with her older siblings, Emmie acquired a shocking birthday setup. This time, it was child brother Crew Gaines who assisted with the décor, and in Joanna’s Instagram video, he could possibly be seen arranging silver balloons spelling out “Pleased birthday,” in addition to bringing a bunch of pink and white helium balloons into the household’s Waco, Texas, farmhouse. 

One other element Emmie had in widespread together with her older brothers and sister? Getting that driver’s allow proper round her birthday. “She will get her driver’s allow tomorrow,” Joanna shared in her birthday publish. Granted, maybe as a result of it was simply her allow and never but her license (or perhaps as a result of she’d already gone by it thrice by that time), Joanna did not go into element about how powerful that was as a mother. 

Like her different siblings, Emmie will be seen once in a while on her dad and mom’ social media, making temporary appearances in vacation prep movies and on household journeys. 

For a few years, Emmie Gaines was the newborn of the household, however in 2018, Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines revealed that they have been anticipating their fifth youngster collectively. They welcomed Crew Gaines to the household that summer season, and never lengthy after that, the couple gushed over including to their brood in an interview on “In the present day.” On the time, Joanna stated that Crew was serving to to decelerate time for them — and given simply how emotional she’s been with their older youngsters leaving the nest, we guess she’s been much more grateful for that as time has gone on. 

Out of his siblings, Crew is essentially the most usually seen of the Gaines youngsters. A main purpose for that’s he appears to be his mother’s shadow. Joanna usually shares snaps and movies to Instagram of Crew serving to her out within the kitchen, a lot in order that now and again, she’s referred to him as “my sous chef.” Joanna has additionally shared movies of Crew serving to her together with her day-to-day to-do listing, and as many will know, he performed a significant position in her e book, “The World Wants the Surprise You See,” too. The truth is, when she acquired her first copy of the e book in January 2025, she shared in an Instagram caption, “This e book is his as a lot because it’s mine.” Joanna went on to share that he’d been given a particular honor: being the primary particular person to have seen the e book apart from her. “He cherished each minute of seeing the way it all got here to life,” she wrote. 

It is clear that Chip and Joanna are exceptionally shut with all their youngsters, and that whilst they grow old, your complete Gaines household loves spending time collectively. We like to see it!