They celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary on Friday.
But Chip and Joanna Gaines spent the weekend sharpening up their already impressive business acumen.
The HGTV pair took part in a 4-day Harvard Business School course known as BEMS, alongside Ciara, as Joanna joked that Chip would get her vote for Class President.
Off to Harvard! Chip and Joanna Gaines spent the weekend sharpening up their already impressive business acumen alongside NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen, singer Ciara, basketball player Julius Randle, and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn
NBA stars Julius Randle and Luc Mbah a Moute, German soccer star Oliver Kahn, NCIS actor Eric Olsen were among the group joining the couple on the course.
The 41-year-old looked chic as ever as she posed on the steps in Cambridge in jeans and a cream sweater.
Cute pink pastel flats completed her effortlessly chic outfit.
Chip, 44, donned his faithfully baseball cap as he sported a Harvard sweater featuring the letter H.
Big weekend: They celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary on Friday
Joanna captioned the photo: ‘What we witnessed this week at @harvardhbs was human beings at their very finest. 85 people from all around the world, from all different walks of lives, with different cultural backgrounds, religions, political beliefs and professions.
‘We learned from one another and spoke into each other’s lives, sometimes challenging but always valuing every perspective. Not a single one of us were alike, and yet by doing something as simple as listening to and respecting one another, we were challenged and made better.
‘Thankful for this opportunity @anitaelberse – your leadership and your passion caused grown, busy adults to think with curiosity about our own businesses and about the world around us. Oh and one more thing… I know I might be biased but I’d like to officially cast my vote for Chip as CLASS PREZ. #ChipForPrez (Photo by @evephoto ) #bems’
‘I know I might be biased but I’d like to officially cast my vote for Chip as CLASS PREZ’ Joanna captioned their pictures
‘We learned from one another and spoke into each other’s lives, sometimes challenging but always valuing every perspective
Cheers! Class professor, Anita Elberse, also shared images of the four-day course in The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports
Here we go! The cute couple high-fived in the images
Class professor, Anita Elberse, also shared images of the four-day course in The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports.
Showing Chip and Joanna receiving a cake for their anniversary, she wrote: ‘Boooom!!! We’re at it again with the “Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports” (#BEMS) program!
‘As always, the class includes a number of people with careers that stand out even from the accomplished executives that normally fill our classrooms…
Laughs! They looked to be having a good time at the school
Entertaining weekend: They posed with classmate Kevin Love
Official! The looked delighted to be presented with their certificates from the professor
‘Collectively, this group alone has won an NBA Championship, Olympic Gold medal, UEFA Champions League trophy, Golden Ball and Golden Glove award, and scored 5 World Cup Goals in total across three consecutive World Cups; received 2 ESPYs, 10 All League Teams, 2 McDonald’s All-American, and 5 All-Star selections; made 5 NCAA Final Four appearances, played 220 national-team games, won 1 Grammy and 2 MTV Music Video Awards; starred in 300 television episodes, solving countless (fictional) crimes and surprising nearly 80 couples with a beautifully renovated home (involving as many demo days and an estimated 700 tons of shiplap ); and even has a royal title (that’s right — we have a real prince in the house! )
‘So inspiring that even for these superstars, the learning never stops—and amazing that they chose to join us at @HarvardHBS this week. #Harvard #BEMS #crushingit @lifeatHBS ( by the equally amazing @evephoto).’
High praise! The professor said that Chip and Joanna had ‘crushed it’
Sixteen years! She even mentioned their wedding anniversary
Also on the course this weekend was NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen, who plays Marty Deeks on the show.
Singer Ciara, basketball player Julius Randle, and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn were also classmates.
They’re not the first A-Listers to take the course, as alumni include rapper/actor LL Cool J, former Miami Heat teammates Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, and actors Channing Tatum and Katie Holmes.
Home renovation stars Chip and Joanna will launch their own cable network next summer and it’ll replace Discovery’s DIY Network which currently airs in more than 52million homes in the U.S.
Star power: Singer Ciara was also on the course
The Fixer Upper stars will serve as Chief Creative Officers and HGTV’s current president Allison Page will be president of the new network, according to Deadline.
The channel’s content will include long-form programming about community, home, garden, food, wellness and design.
It’ll also include the complete library of Fixer Upper, which first premiered on HGTV in 2013 and was one of the top-rated series on that network during its first four years on air.
Chip and Joanna have five children: Drake, 14, Duke, 10, Ella, 12, and Emmie, nine, and Crew, nine months.
Feels like new: Joanna Gaines took to Instagram on Friday to celebrate 16 years with her husband Chip Gaines
