Jenna Bush Hager Celebrates Generations of Bush Women in Heartwarming Family Vacation Photo: Meet Them All
Multiple generations of Bush family women gathered for a touching end-of-summer celebration
Key Takeaways
- Jenna Bush Hager shared a series of photos from a recent family vacation to Instagram.
- In one photo, Jenna posed alongside her sister, mother, two daughters and niece.
- Here, read about the women featured in this multigenerational photograph.
Over the weekend, Jenna Bush Hager showcased a snapshot of her summer in a post shared to her Instagram, which featured a series of photos of her and her family enjoying the last few moments of the season. The heartfelt post was captioned with the lyrics of Taylor Swift’s hit “August,” and it looks as though the Hagers enjoyed an East Coast summer, basking in the beauty of Kennebunkport, Maine, where her family owns the famed Walker’s Point Estate.
The photos shared in her carousel depicted a relaxing evening sat on the beach, an adorable selfie of her and her husband, a few shots of her children enjoying the outdoors and a sweet mirror selfie with her daughter, but the first photo in the post had people talking the most, for it features multiple generations of the Bush family line. Jenna stands beside her two daughters, Poppy and Mila, her sister Barbara, her niece Cora, and of course, family matriarch Laura Bush. Here, get to know each of these ladies and how they connect.
Jenna Bush Hager enjoyed a family vacation with mom Laura
Jenna’s mother Laura Bush, former first lady of the United States, stood at the center of the photograph Jenna posted, and the TODAY Show host has spoken fondly about her mother and the way she parented over the years, sharing that Laura was never one to hover.
“I found a letter that my mom wrote to me at camp when I was 16. I was like a counselor. She was like, ‘Dear Jenna, we received your AP scores. The bad news, you got a 1 in Spanish. But excellent news, you got a 5 in psychology. And I didn’t even know you took AP Psychology,’” she recalled in conversation with Parade. “I think that’s probably why we’re successful—we didn’t have anybody sitting over and saying, ‘Do your homework, go do this.’ We had to self-motivate.”
She’s also praised her parents for the grace they gave her and her sister Barbara when they made mistakes during their youth. “I think the world was expecting us to be perfect, even though our parents did not, which is the absolute best blessing that they could have ever given us. The freedom to just be ourselves and to make mistakes,” Jenna told People. “Because I don’t know how I would be a mother without having the grace to fail. I think kids, teenagers are so scared of making mistakes now.”
Barbara Bush joined the family trip
Jenna’s twin sister Barbara, who was born just a few minutes prior to her, also could be seen in Jenna’s photo shared to Instagram, and the siblings share a close bond. Barbara, who currently serves as the Vice President of Social Impact for the NBA, played a big role in who Jenna is today, and the duo have even authored multiple books together.
“Jen and I are so lucky that we have a twin because we’ve had a partner in every step of our life and there were no scary days when we were little because we always had someone,” Barbara shared with Hello! when discussing their book The Superpower Sisterhood.
Barbara Bush has a daughter, Cora
In 2021, Barbara Bush welcomed her daughter, Cora, and Jenna reveled in the news in a post shared to Instagram at the time. “Dearest Cora Georgia, Today is the day I got to meet my most beautiful, precious, feisty niece (a bit earlier than we expected!),” she wrote. “I witnessed in awe as my dearest, toughest @barbara.p.bush became a mama. And today is the day I fell in love! Some cousins are anxiously waiting to play with you, but not just yet love. Xx auntie j.”
Jenna Bush Hager has two daughters of her own
Jenna welcomed her daughter Mila in 2013 and her daughter Poppy in 2015, and she’s opened up about motherhood many times over the years. In 2019, Jenna got candid about celebrating the small moments, such as her daughter Mila learning to read.
“You hear these clichés in parenting and they’re all true. ‘Time goes so fast.’ ‘The days are long, but the years are short.’ All of that is a cliché because it’s real, but nobody tells you about these little moments in parenting that will mean the most to you,” she told People.
Jenna’s beautiful tribute to her family in the wake of their vacation reminds us that the bonds we share with our loved ones—across generations—make for some of life’s greatest memories.
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