Lisa Barlow has glam on retainer — and now she has her eldest son, Jack, back at home following his mission trip to Colombia.
Lisa Barlow, the 50-year-old star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, took to Instagram on Monday, June 9, to share an update with her followers. The post featured her and husband John Barlow heading to the airport to pick up their son, Jack, who was returning from Colombia. Accompanied by a large bunch of balloons, the couple’s younger son, Henry, 13, also joined them on the trip.
Excited about Jack’s return, Lisa expressed her feelings to her followers through an Instagram Story. She mentioned how fast yet long the past two years had felt, indicating the anticipation and joy of reuniting with her son after his time away.
In a separate video shared by Lisa, Jack was seen wrapped in a Colombian flag as he met with friends who had also recently come back from their missions. Lisa enthusiastically introduced her son to her followers, hinting at a welcome-home party they were planning to throw for Jack and extending an invitation for friends to join the celebration at their home.
A third video showed Jack posing with several friends who’d made him a sign reading, “Welcome home EBG (Elder Baby Gorgeous).” An elder in the Mormon church is the introductory office of the priesthood, while Baby Gorgeous is, of course, the nickname Lisa famously bestowed upon her younger son in an episode of RHOSLC.
Jack has been in the South American country since late 2023 completing a Mormon missionary trip. Mormon missionaries spend up to two years in a location assigned by church officials, doing volunteer work and proselytizing.
As RHOSLC viewers saw in season 4, the Barlow family was shocked when Jack told them he planned to postpone college and complete a mission trip. “When he told us, I was crying because I haven’t been involved in the process,” Lisa told her husband in a September 2023 episode of the Bravo series. “I think I’m still dealing with the emotion that I had no idea, and he’s been prepping for a year, and then it makes me think that maybe he does need more time with me, or maybe he just wants less.”
Lisa and her family learned that Jack would be going to Bogotá during a “mission reveal” party in an October 2023 episode of RHOSLC. At the soiree, she told attendees that she’d been “expecting, like, Europe or something, or New York.” During a confessional interview, the Vida Tequila founder admitted she was nervous about Jack’s assignment.
“I cannot believe he’s going to Colombia,” she said. “He’ll probably be held up at gunpoint at least once or twice on his mission. My friend’s son was just there. He was held up at gunpoint, like, weekly, so he carried, like, an extra few bucks in pocket and just, like, handed it over. He’s like, ‘OK, I see the gun, here’s the cash.’ But I mean, overall, it’s thrilling.”
