Melissa Gilbert & Timothy Busfield's Cutest Photos with Their Grandchildren

Mar. 15, 2025

Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield married in 2013, and often share glimpses of their happy family life together. That includes a look attheir “heavenly” roles as grandparents to eight grandchildren through their blended family.Gilbert is a mother to two (son Dakota from her first marriage to Bo Brinkman and son Michael from her second marriage to Bruce Boxleitner), as well as a stepmother to five (Boxleinter’s two children, Sam and Lee, as well as Busfield’s three children, Samuel, Daisy and Wilson).Though she doesn’t share photos of all her grandchildren publicly,the co-founder of Modern Prairiehas posted a number of adorable photos of her happy moments as “Nana.” Scroll on to see a few of the best.

Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield married in 2013, and often share glimpses of their happy family life together. That includes a look attheir “heavenly” roles as grandparents to eight grandchildren through their blended family.

Gilbert is a mother to two (son Dakota from her first marriage to Bo Brinkman and son Michael from her second marriage to Bruce Boxleitner), as well as a stepmother to five (Boxleinter’s two children, Sam and Lee, as well as Busfield’s three children, Samuel, Daisy and Wilson).

Though she doesn’t share photos of all her grandchildren publicly,the co-founder of Modern Prairiehas posted a number of adorable photos of her happy moments as “Nana.” Scroll on to see a few of the best.

01of 17Melissa Gilbert & Timothy Busfield with Their Granddaughter RosemaryMelissa Gilbert/ Instagram"Nana and Papa time with our youngest granddaughter Rosemary Busfield. What a sweet sweet girl,“Melissa Gilbert captioned this playful photowith their family’s newest addition.

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Melissa Gilbert & Timothy Busfield with Their Granddaughter Rosemary

Melissa Gilbert/ Instagram

“Nana and Papa time with our youngest granddaughter Rosemary Busfield. What a sweet sweet girl,“Melissa Gilbert captioned this playful photowith their family’s newest addition.

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Timothy Busfield with Granddaughter Ripley

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Melissa Gilbert Braiding Granddaughter Lulabelle’s Hair

04of 17Melissa Gilbert with Granddaughter RosemaryMelissa Gilbert/ Instagram"Meet Rosemary Coates Busfield aka Romy. Absolute heaven,“she wroteupon the first meeting of her granddaughter.

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Melissa Gilbert with Granddaughter Rosemary

“Meet Rosemary Coates Busfield aka Romy. Absolute heaven,“she wroteupon the first meeting of her granddaughter.

05of 17Melissa Gilbert with Her GranddaughterMelissa Gilbert/ InstagramIt’s easy to see thatshe’s “#soinlove"with her grandbabies.

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Melissa Gilbert with Her Granddaughter

It’s easy to see thatshe’s “#soinlove"with her grandbabies.

06of 17Melissa Gilbert Shares Photo of Granddaughter Ripley’s First BirthdayMelissa Gilbert/ Instagram"Happy first birthday Ripley Lou! Nana and Papa love you sooooooo much!!!“Melissa Gilbert captioned this smiley milestone shot.

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Melissa Gilbert Shares Photo of Granddaughter Ripley’s First Birthday

“Happy first birthday Ripley Lou! Nana and Papa love you sooooooo much!!!“Melissa Gilbert captioned this smiley milestone shot.

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Timothy Busfield with His Grandchild

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Melissa Gilbert and Her Family

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Melissa Gilbert with Granddaughter Ripley

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11of 17Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield with Their FamilyMelissa Gilbert/ InstagramGilbert shared this sweet photo of their growing family on Father’s Day with a caption honoring her late father and all the dads in her family,writing in part, “As I put this post together, I see all of the incredible fathers who are in my life now. Seeing how much they each love their children is so incredibly healing for me. Happy, Happy Father’s day to@samboxleitner@timbusfield#dakotabrinkman#alexfinchand@willybusfield! I love you guys so much!!”

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Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield with Their Family

Gilbert shared this sweet photo of their growing family on Father’s Day with a caption honoring her late father and all the dads in her family,writing in part, “As I put this post together, I see all of the incredible fathers who are in my life now. Seeing how much they each love their children is so incredibly healing for me. Happy, Happy Father’s day to@samboxleitner@timbusfield#dakotabrinkman#alexfinchand@willybusfield! I love you guys so much!!”

12of 17Melissa Gilbert with Sam Boxleitner and LulabelleMelissa Gilbert/ Instagram"Three generations!” she wrote on this fun snap of her stepson and his daughter. Sherecently told PEOPLE her priorities had shifted, and rather than obsess about her appearance, “I’d rather get down in a sandbox and play with my grandchildren.”

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Melissa Gilbert with Sam Boxleitner and Lulabelle

“Three generations!” she wrote on this fun snap of her stepson and his daughter. Sherecently told PEOPLE her priorities had shifted, and rather than obsess about her appearance, “I’d rather get down in a sandbox and play with my grandchildren.”

13of 17Melissa Gilbert and Granddaughter LulabelleMelissa Gilbert/ InstagramMelissa Gilbertrecently told PEOPLE her priorities had shifted, and rather than obsess about her appearance, “I’d rather get down in a sandbox and play with my grandchildren.” (Get a glimpse at her sweet relationship with Lulabellein this video she shared.)

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Melissa Gilbert and Granddaughter Lulabelle

Melissa Gilbertrecently told PEOPLE her priorities had shifted, and rather than obsess about her appearance, “I’d rather get down in a sandbox and play with my grandchildren.” (Get a glimpse at her sweet relationship with Lulabellein this video she shared.)

14of 17Melissa Gilbert with Granddaughter RosemaryMelissa Gilbert/ Instagram"Three out four of our granddaughters’ names start with ‘R’,“Melissa Gilbert observed in this caption.

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“Three out four of our granddaughters’ names start with ‘R’,“Melissa Gilbert observed in this caption.

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16of 17Melissa Gilbert with Granddaughter RosemaryMelissa Gilbert/ InstagramMelissa Gilbertshared another snuggly pictureof her brand-new granddaughter.

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Melissa Gilbertshared another snuggly pictureof her brand-new granddaughter.

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source: people.com