Magnolia Community stars Joanna and Chip Gaines obtained a bit of too accustomed to the wildlife at their new Colorado mountain home—the place they shortly realized that their scenic environment are as petrifying as they’re fairly.
The renovation consultants had been engaged on their new abode, a course of that they’re documenting of their new sequence, “Fixer Higher: Colorado Mountain Home,” after they had a scare with a bear that emerged from the woodland that surrounds the property.
Joanna, 47, and Chip, 50, had been seen scrambling to make sure everybody on the grounds—together with their youngest son, Crew, 7—was secure in a brand new teaser clip from the spinoff, which is because of premiere on Dec. 9.
Within the video, the couple, whose daughter, Ella, additionally stars within the present, had been seen engaged on numerous tasks in and across the dwelling, earlier than Joanna started speaking to the cameras concerning the renovation whereas standing on the terrace exterior the dwelling.
Nevertheless, simply as she begins talking, the mom of 5 is interrupts by the sound of leaves rustling behind her—prompting her to show round, at which level she spots a creature lurking within the woods.
“It’s both Sasquatch or Chip Gaines, however I do assume that was a bear,” Joanna mentioned, earlier than taking a second look.
“Oh my gosh, it’s a bear! It’s a bear!” she added.
A manufacturing crew member can then be heard asking her, “Do we have now anybody down there?” to which Joanna replied, “Nicely, Chip is down there with [our son] Crew.”
The preview involves an finish there, leaving followers questioning what’s going to occur subsequent as Joanna and the crew try to make sure Chip and their son are secure from the bear.
The stunning teaser comes after it was revealed that the couple’s 19-year-old daughter could be becoming a member of them on a venture for the primary time.
Chip and Joanna took to social media to share a sneak peek from the upcoming sequence, revealing that Ella will likely be caught on digicam taking up a really particular venture as a part of the renovation.
In a video share on their Instagram accounts, Joanna is seen explaining that the venture was notably emotional for the household, not least as a result of it marked the primary time that the household had taken on such an formidable renovation exterior of Central Texas.
“That is our first out of Central Texas venture. I need it to really feel like one thing that I put collectively for my household,” Joanna defined. “Chip had an thought to have our daughter design the little cottage.”
Ella is then seen telling the cameras: “I am accepting the problem.”
“Fixer Higher: Colorado Mountain Home” marks the most recent in a protracted line of “Fixer Higher” spinoffs that adopted the top of the principle season—which the couple revealed was coming to an finish after its fifth season again in 2017.
On the time, the duo wrote about their resolution to name in quits in a put up on their weblog, telling followers that they needed to prioritize spending time with their youngsters.
“That is simply us recognizing that we have to catch our breath for a second,” they mentioned. Our plan is to take this time to shore up and strengthen the spots which might be weak, relaxation the locations which might be drained, and provides a number of love and a focus to each our household and our enterprise.”
The Gaines have saved their youngsters primarily out of the limelight since 2018—though Ella’s look in the most recent “Fixer Higher” installment means that they might be ready to share the highlight with their youngsters extra shifting ahead.
Joanna has been overtly documenting her battle to deal with her youngsters rising up, revealing earlier this 12 months how she was dealing with Ella shifting out of the household dwelling and into a school dorm, becoming a member of her brother, Drake, who had already began his college expertise.
In August, the mother shared a photograph of her eldest son’s room stuffed with bins and suitcases, whereas detailing her bittersweet feelings across the milestone second.
“They advised me it could go by faster than I believe. That the times are gradual however the years are quick. And darn it in the event that they had been proper. This stunning present of time has roared previous us all similar to I used to be advised,” she wrote.
“My oldest son left for his third 12 months of school whereas my oldest daughter packs for her first 12 months throughout the nation.
“This season already appears like one large, breathless give up. Lord, how do I maintain them shut whereas additionally letting go?”
Joanna went on to notice that, whereas she feels a robust want to maintain her youngsters along with her, she is aware of that they’re “made for extra” than they’ll expertise contained in the household’s Waco dwelling.
“Assist me to embrace change with a coronary heart stuffed with hope for the half I do know to be more true than the remaining—my youngsters and I’ll have been made for one another, however I additionally consider they had been made for extra. Extra experiences, extra information, extra rising than may ever occur inside our partitions,” she added.
The mom of 5 concluded her put up with a message to different dad and mom who’ve but to expertise what it is prefer to have a baby depart dwelling.
“To all of the dad and mom packing up and shifting youngsters to new locations, and to all these with years nonetheless to spare: maintain them shut, maintain them effectively, and let’s all lean on one another when the time comes to carry it collectively,” she mentioned.
Joanna had beforehand admitted that she was struggling extra with Ella’s departure from the household nest than she did when Drake moved out—largely as a result of she and her daughter had been so used to spending time collectively.
“With Ella, we like to go to antiques retailers, plant retailers, and go get espresso—that is our rhythm. I form of really feel like I am dropping a pal in my on a regular basis life,” she mentioned.
As for Ella, Joanna admitted that her daughter could not wait to move off to varsity, notably as a result of the brand new setting was going to offer her an opportunity to determine her personal id, away from her dad and mom’ fame.
“She’s enthusiastic about going someplace and simply being identified for her,” the Magnolia Community star revealed. “She’s like, ‘I do not need anybody realizing that you simply’re … I simply wish to go and be myself.'”
