© 2026 ABC News

\"The attention has been so shocking,\" she added. \"I never expected this to blow up the way it did.\"

\"PHOTO:
Courtesy Haley Marie Photography
PHOTO: Amy and Randy English pose at their home in Pontotoc, Miss., pose with their dogs, Marley and Buck during an "empty nesters" photo shoot.
>
\"PHOTO:
Courtesy Haley Marie Photography
PHOTO: Amy and Randy English had an "empty nesters" photo shoot at their home in Pontotoc, Miss., after their daughter, Haley, Jones, 21, moved out.
>

Jones shared posted the photos on Facebook on May 28 where it garnered 195,000 shares.

\"PHOTO:
Courtesy Haley Marie Photography
PHOTO: Amy and Randy English pose at their home in Pontotoc, Miss., after their daughter, Haley, Jones, 21, moved out.
>

\"It’s truly surreal and I am very grateful,\" Jones said.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Family/22-year-photographs-parents-empty-nest-celebration-moves/story?id=63402030","legacySlug":"/family/story/22-year-photographs-parents-empty-nest-celebration-moves-63402030","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"17:42","publishDate":"05-31-2019","updatedTime":"22:37","updatedDate":"06-02-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Amy and Randy English pose at their home in Pontotoc, Miss., after their daughter, Haley, Jones, 21, moved out.","credit":"Courtesy Haley Marie Photography","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/empty-nest3-ht-ml-190531_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"5/31/2019 17:42:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":63402030,"headline":"Parents celebrate their 'empty nest' in photos","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA_Daughter photographs parents' 'empty nest' celebration as their youngest moves out_190531","description":"\"They’re just goofy people and I love them for that.\"","duration":"0:31","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190531_gma_digital_emptynest_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["63319365","63348743","57165783"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"May 28, 2019","headline":"Dad interviews daughter on her first day of school for 13 years and we're crying","section":"family","slug":"/family/story/dad-interviewed-daughter-day-school-13-years-crying-63319365","id":63319365,"image":{"alt":"Dad interviews daughter on her first day of school for 13 years and we're crying","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/madison-scruggs-01-ht-jc-190528_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Kevin Scruggs via Storyful","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"June 16, 2020","headline":"Two dads adopt 6 siblings who spent nearly 5 years in foster care","section":"family","slug":"/family/story/dads-adopt-siblings-spent-years-foster-care-63348743","id":63348743,"image":{"alt":"Two dads adopt 6 siblings who spent nearly 5 years in foster care","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/adoption1-ht-ml-190529_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Courtesy Steve Anderson-McLean","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"August 14, 2018","headline":"Hilarious photo shoot celebrates parents' empty nest","section":"family","slug":"/family/story/hilarious-photo-shoot-celebrates-parents-empty-nest-57165783","id":57165783,"image":{"alt":"Hilarious photo shoot celebrates parents' empty nest","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/vicky-piper-empty-nest-1-ht-180814_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Laura Eskridge","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Parents celebrate their 'empty nest' in photos","description":"\"They’re just goofy people and I love them for that.\"","duration":"0:31","uploadDate":"05-31-2019","publication":"05-31-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190531_gma_digital_emptynest_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190531_gma_digital_emptynest_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/22-year-photographs-parents-empty-nest-celebration-moves-63402030"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:family:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"family","title":"Parents celebrate their 'empty nest' in photos","pubTime":"13:42","pubDate":"05-31-2019","modTime":"18:37","modDate":"06-02-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":63402030,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Parents celebrate their 'empty nest' in photos","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA_Daughter photographs parents' 'empty nest' celebration as their youngest moves out_190531","videoId":63402030,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/family/story/22-year-photographs-parents-empty-nest-celebration-moves-63402030"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/63402030","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/63402030","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};