Overview

• Joanna Gaines posted an Instagram reel capturing her family’s “last dinner” on August 9 ahead of her son Drake and daughter Ella leaving home for college.
• Soundtracked by Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide,” the video shows the Gaineses making homemade pizzas in a brick oven, sharing a group hug with their dogs and Joanna riding a kid’s motorbike.
• In her caption, Gaines expressed her “wide range of emotions” and thanked her children and their puppies for offering comfort during the emotional send-off.
• Drake, 20, will return to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor near Waco for his junior year while Ella, 18, prepares to begin her freshman year at an undisclosed out-of-state college.
• The video underscores the Gaineses’ practice of intentional family rituals and curated storytelling under their Magnolia lifestyle brand.