Jenny Marrs and Dave Marrs‘ work and private lives usually intersect, with their 5 children showing on their present Fixer to Fabulous once in a while. Nonetheless, they’ve additionally needed to set some boundaries with HGTV because the years have passed by.
“As [the kids] grow old, it actually does get more durable,” Jenny informed EntertainmentNOW. “You’d suppose it will be simpler to journey as a result of they’re older, slightly extra self-sufficient, however their schedules are so busy and we don’t need to miss video games and issues.”
The couple shares 14-year-old twins Nathan and Ben, 12-year-old daughter Sylvie, whom they adopted in 2014, 10-year-old daughter Charlotte, and 5-year-old son Luke. Luke wasn’t even born but when Fixer to Fabulous premiered in 2019, so issues have definitely modified fairly a bit over the previous six years.
“Our first calling is to our children,” Dave defined. “We now have an incredible manufacturing firm that is aware of if my children have a soccer recreation or a basketball recreation, I’m not filming. I’m going to be at that recreation and so they respect that, they honor that for us. I feel that’s why the present has labored so long as it has, as a result of they know that our household and our religion comes earlier than the present and it will likely be right here lengthy after the present is completed.”
When touring is critical for work, Jenny and Dave attempt to not be away for longer than one evening. Fortunately, in addition they have assist at house, together with a nanny who’s been with them since Luke was a child.
Plus, having the present can be a video diary for the household. “The best profit for Jenny and I is that we’re going to have a timestamp of our household rising up, our children rising up and being part of it once they needed to,” Dave stated.
In recent times, the youngsters have been extra hesitant about showing on digicam. “Now that the children are getting older, they actually don’t need to be on digicam fairly often,” Jenny shared on Instagram in January. “(And it’s all the time been as much as them – they’ll take part or not – and naturally a few of our kiddos are rather more digicam shy than others) however they’re sometimes proper there behind the digicam lens most days (until they’re at basketball apply or soccer or artwork camp or horseback driving…).”
Fixer to Fabulous, Season 6, Tuesdays, 8/7c, HGTV