It couldn’t have been easy being a regular college student and having your every move watched!

Dinner and dancing followed under the tents.

Six months later, the newlyweds celebrated again with a larger, more traditional-style wedding in Texas.

Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Bush Coyne smiling

Jenna served as Barbara’s matron of honor, and Jenna’s two daughters were the flower girls.

“We had a really shared history because we were the same age.

There, she studied English and took courses in creative writing, poetry, and literature.

Henry Hager, Jenna Bush Hager smiling

However, Jenna’s escapades at school didn’t go totally unnoticed by the press.

She even lived in Davenport College, the same residential college as her famous dad.

Her father and her grandfather went there.”

Craig Coyne, Barbara Bush Coyne

Of Barbara, former classmate Sabrina Sedique told thePlainview Heraldin 2004, “She seems like a lovely person.

She’s very down to earth a very grounded and well-rounded person.”

She also serves as an editor-at-large for Southern Living.

Jenna Bush Hager smiling

They probably wouldn’t have asked me to do it if it didn’t.

But it just feels like the right time for me."

She developed a love of making clothing at age 12 after getting a sewing machine for her birthday.

Barbara Bush Coyne in NYC

This inspired her to pursue a career in design.

For Barbara, the trip was life-changing.

The lack of justice in that," she toldEllein 2013.

Jenna Bush Hager on NBC set

I did believe that it’s possible for you to change so much in the world."

She added, “We thought it would be for a handful of weeks.

We didn’t anticipate that it would be for the majority of a year.

Barbara Bush Coyne speaking on stage

But it’s time that we never otherwise would’ve had.”

Jenna even shared photos of their new family home with theDaily Mailfor a February 2023 feature.

She also loves sharing various aspects of her life onsocial media.

Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Bush Coyne in NYC, 2019

“Never,” Jenna once toldPeople.

Regardless, her grandfather was still proud.

We’re interested more in policy."

Jenna Bush Hager at fashion awards

That said, Barbara does seem to have more liberal-leaning views.

Barbara Bush Coyne on Fox News' “The Five,” 2017