Ree Drummond's 5 Kids: All About Alex, Paige, Bryce, Jamar and Todd

Mar. 15, 2025

Fans of the Food Network’sThe Pioneer Womanare probably familiar with starRee Drummond’s five kids — if they’re not regularly appearing on the show, the culinary author iswriting about themon her website.

In 2018, the family grew once more with the addition of a foster son, Jamar. “After a year-and-a-half of living in our house, he is an inextricable part of our wacky family,” Reewrote forThe Pioneer Womanin November 2020.

The Drummond family.Ree Drummond/Instagram

While it may seem like quite the crew, Ree and Ladd were up for the challenge. “If you can just embrace the chaos and the funny parts, and really just kind of hang on and enjoy the ride, that’s what motherhood is,” thePioneer Woman Cooksauthor saidin 2010.

Having a bigger family also came in handy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Drummond brood kept Ree’s show going when stay-at-home orders began, as they all helped her to film. “​​It’s beenan incredible bonding experiencefor the kids and me,” she said at the time.

It was especially sweet for Ree, who sees her children less as they’ve grown up and embarked upon their own journeys. “These days, with the kids off in different directions, I’m happy with a kiss on the cheek from whatever child is around,” shewrote on her blogin early 2021.

Here’s what to know about Ree Drummond’s children: Alex, Paige, Bryce, Todd and Jamar.

Alex Drummond, 27

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Theeldest Drummond child, Alex, was born on June 25, 1997. She grew up on the family ranch in Pawhuska, Okla., and was roughly 9 years old when her mother began blogging. When Alex was about 14, Ree started her reality series. However, as Alex told PEOPLE in March 2022, her mom’s rise to famedidn’t change her parenting style.

“Sometimes I’m just with her and forget she’s even famous because she’s such a normal mom — so weird, and goofy, and down to earth,” she said. “To me, she is the same mom that she was before all of this craziness started.”

Alex, whowas home-schooled, admitted that she once had some insecurities about her unusual adolescence. “I used to be soooooo insecure growing up that I was homeschooled, lived in the country, was somewhat in the public eye, etc.!” she said on Instagram in 2022. “Wish I could go back in time and take back some of the wasted energy and worry that I put into this.”

After finishing her primary studies, Alex moved to Texas in 2015 toattend Texas A&M University, where she was a member of the Tri Delta sorority. It was there that she would meet her future husband,Mauricio Scott— though neither remember the exact moment. “We were in the same group of friends our freshman year of college,” shesaid on Instagram. “We think that we met at a date party for my sorority, but we’re not 100 percent sure.”

Reecelebrated Alex’s college graduationon May 9, 2019, with a throwback post on Instagram.

Alex worked for a Dallas consulting firm for one year after earning her cap and gown. She later explainedon Instagramthat she eventually found her way back to the family business, helping her mom to film her show, working remotely on photoshoots for merchandise and marketing the brand.

“It wasn’t a foregone conclusion that Alex would work for me after college,” Ree explainedtoThe Pioneer Woman. “But once COVID happened and I had to pivot to doing so many things at home, she was spending so much time helping me with my various projects — and doing such a good job — that it made sense to make it full time.”

Alexgot engagedto Scott in 2020, and theytied the knoton May 21, 2021, at the Drummonds' Oklahoma ranch. While the nuptials held many special moments for the couple, Alex said her father’s presence was a highlight, as he had been involved in atruck collisionjust months before.

“​​[My dad] actually got clearance from his doctor the Thursday before the wedding that he was able to take off his neck brace for some of the special wedding day moments,” she latertold The List. “So that was a really special thing, that he was able to be there and not wear this big brace, and he just got to experience it.”

On Dec. 18, 2024, Alex and Scott welcomed their first child, daughterSofia Marie.

“At 2:27am our perfect girl made her arrival a couple weeks early, just in time for Christmas! We are so in love and forever changed,” the new mom wrote onInstagramalongside photos from the hospital.

Paige Drummond, 25

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Ree’s second child,Paige Drummond, was born on Aug. 31, 1999, in Oklahoma.

As a kid, Paige was a star on Ree’s Food Network show and could be regularly seen helping around the property when she wasn’t being home-schooled.

In 2014, Ree shared some of her favorite things about PaigeinThe Pioneer Woman. “I love Paige’s photos,” Ree wrote. “She has an eye. I love Paige’s cupcakes. She has a knack. I also love Paige’s enthusiasm. She has a lot. I also love Paige’s sense of style. She has a flair. I also love Paige’s spirit. She has a good one. I also love Paige’s sweetness. She has my heart.”

Paige was also instrumental in helping Ree cope when Alex went off to college in 2015. “It was sad and difficult as is always the case when the first kid goes to college,” the mother of fivetoldCowboys & Indiansin 2019. “But I still had my second daughter, Paige, at home, so while we experienced a void where Alex had been, the vibe in our household was still the same.”

But 2018 — the year Paigewent to college— proved to be trickier. “All bets were off,” Ree told the publication. “There was an immediate difference in the culture of our house. It was suddenly, very noticeably, a man cave, where ranching and football were (and still are!) the primary focus.”

Paige attended theUniversity of Arkansaswhere she pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma and eventuallygraduated in 2022.

After college, Paige returned to the Drummond ranch to “work full-time.”

In a Pioneer Woman blog post, Ree wrote, “She’s getting more and more experience in every aspect of ranching, from sorting cattle to weaning calves to fixing fence and water gaps to building salt boxes and a long list of other have-to chores.”

The cookbook author added, “She’s getting banged up, scratched, bruised, and clobbered… and time will tell if she’s in this for the long haul! Ladd is loving having her home. (Psst. I am, too!)”

In August 2024, Paige and her boyfriend, David Andersen,got engagedafter dating for a year. “I get to marry the love of my life! How is this real?? I love you, David Andersen! I can’t wait to be your wife!!!” the bride-to-be wrote on Instagram alongside a carousel of engagement photos.

Bryce Drummond, 22

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Like his sisters before him, Bryce grew up in Pawhuska, where his parents provided his early education. “Before he was a quarterback,he was a cowboy,” Ree wrote for Bryce’s 18th birthday.

Unlike his home-schooled siblings, however, Bryce attended Pawhuska High School. He began his football career there, playing as the school’s quarterback. According to his school, as a senior he completed between 233 and 308 passes, leading to59 touchdowns for his team, which had an undefeated season.

By the time he graduated in December 2020 (one semester early!), he had offers from Purdue, Texas State and Tulsa, though he ultimatelycommitted to the University of North Texas. Ree wrote of her son, “Bryce is really happy, and Ladd and I couldn’t be more excited for Bryce that he’ll be able to continue playing football — and we’re so proud of him for all the hard work that got him there. Excuse me while I go cry for four hundred years.”

In July 2020, Bryce revealed a few of his athletic aspirations, tellingThe Oklahoman, “I mean, I want to be the leading passer in Oklahoma. Top, leading passer in America.”

By September 2022, both the reality star and her son seemed to have adjusted to his new life, with the mothervisiting him at collegefor his first game of the season with her daughter Paige, aka “Bryce’s biggest fans.”

In April 2023, Ree revealed on Instagram thatBryce transferred to Oklahoma State University— a college much closer to his family’s home in Pawhuska.

“spring uniform is lookin a little different this time around,” Bryce wrote in a separateInstagrampost. To which Ree replied: “Go Pokes!! 🙌 So proud of you, son!!”

Two months later, the Food Network star revealed inan Instagram Reelthat she visited Bryce at college and took him shopping for apartment essentials. Her video featured the mother-son duo walking around Walmart. At one point, Bryce selects some items from Ree’s line of dishes and kitchen tools.

“Yesterday Bryce (and his mullet) asked me if I had time to drive over to his college town to have dinner with him…oh, and take him shopping for a few apartment essentials,” she captioned the post. “Of course my answer was yes,” she said before joking, “as long as he didn’t mind visiting a few certain aisles…”

Jamar Goff, 22

Jamar Goffwas born on Oct. 7, 2002, and joined the Drummond family in 2018, when Ree and Ladd became his foster parents. Though Ree kept the details of her fifth child under wraps for some time, she opened up about her relationship with Jamarin her book,Frontier Follies.

“Fostering a kid was never something Ladd and I pursued or felt called to do, but Jamar’s circumstances presented themselves to us in a way we couldn’t ignore,” she wrote. “Long story short, all six foot five inches of him showed up at our house one afternoon, bag in hand, ready to move in.”

Jamar met Ladd and the Drummond sons, Bryce and Todd, through football, and later encountered Ree for the first time while visiting the family home. Ree became close with the teenager after Jamar got in an accident on one of their all-terrain vehicles.

Ree also provided plenty of love. “Jamar’s accident, while terrible, did wind up having an unexpected benefit for our newly modified family: It forced all of us to get pretty darn close, and fast,” she wrote, adding that she changed his foot dressings and gave him medicine while her husband drove him to his doctor’s appointments. Her sons, meanwhile, helped him get around. “We were all up in Jamar’s business, and if there’d been any hesitation on any of our parts to interact and get comfortable with one another, his injury quickly knocked down those walls and gave us all a reason to come together. Jamar had to learn to trust us,” she explained.

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The young athlete eventually returned to football, and in February 2021, Ree announced that Jamar had signed to play for theUniversity of Central Oklahoma Broncos. “Big big day!!” shewrote on Instagram. “I’m so proud of him and so grateful for his friends, coaches, and community for supporting him in countless ways. And I’m grateful for Jamar himself—his hard work, his commitment, and his presence in our family.”

In 2021, Jamar went to college, though he returned with a special present for Ree in March 2022:his laundry. “If I had a Tide pod for every grain of sand on all the beaches of the world, I still would not have enough Tide pods to finish all of Jamar’s laundry over the next week,” she joked on social media. “It’s a good thing he’s so cute.”

Todd Drummond, 20

On June 4, 2004, the couple welcomed their youngest son,Todd Drummond.

Todd was just 7 years old when his mother’s show first aired on the Food Network, so the little boy grew up on-screen. Though he was home-schooled for much of his upbringing, he eventually enrolled at Pawhuska High School.

In 2021, when Jamar went off to college, he was the only remaining Drummond child living at home. “We arealmost empty-nesting!” Ree told PEOPLE.

In 2021, Todd followed in Bryce’s footsteps,becoming a starting quarterbackfor his school’s football team. “He got in there and worked…and worked…and worked…and wound up throwing for 3,600+ yards and 50 touchdowns,” Ree wrote on Instagram. “I’m not sharing that to brag, but instead to illustrate the heart this kid has for football, and the dedication he’s shown every single day (and especially Friday nights) this fall. I couldn’t be prouder of my youngest kid.”

In June 2022, Todd revealed his college plans, sharing that he would play for theUniversity of South Dakota Coyotesin fall 2023.

By December 2022, Ree and Ladd started preparing"empty nest" activitiesbefore Todd’s departure for college in January. “Ladd and I are actively trying to establish new activities together as the empty nest approaches,” shecaptioned a photoof her and her husband outside. “So we take evening walks now!”

In January 2023, Ree dropped her youngest son off at college. She shareda selfie from the caron her Instagram Story, in which Todd could be seen in the back seat wearing a red University of South Dakota shirt. “Made it to SD yesterday,” she wrote over the picture. “GO YOTES! (and go Todd).”

source: people.com