Coming collectively! Jennifer Garner and her boyfriend, John Miller, simply hit a significant milestone of their relationship.

“John’s children lastly met Jen’s children,” an insider solely tells Us Weekly of the 13 Happening 30 star, who celebrated her fiftieth birthday with a meals drive on Saturday, April 16. “A number of children and household had been invited, together with John’s children, his dad and mom, his brother and his [brother’s] spouse.”

The Alias alum shares daughters Violet, 16, and Seraphina, 13, and son Samuel, 10, with ex-husband Ben Affleck, from whom she cut up in 2015 after 10 years of marriage. Miller, for his half, shares two youngsters together with his ex-wife, Caroline Campbell.

“All of them had mates there,” the supply provides of the Juno actress and her beau. “It was informal and simple.”

Us broke the information in October 2018 that Garner had been seeing the CaliGroup CEO for six months. “Jen brings out the very best in John, and he’s the happiest he has most likely ever been,” an insider advised Us on the time. “It’s a loving, wholesome relationship.”

Lower than two years later, nevertheless, the duo referred to as it quits. “He was prepared for marriage and he or she simply couldn’t commit,” a supply advised Us in August 2020. “They parted on very amicable phrases.”

Inside 9 months, nevertheless, the duo determined to provide their romance one other shot. “Jen and John are again on,” an insider revealed in Might 2021. “It began up a number of weeks in the past.”

Whereas the couple are fortunately reunited, they’re nonetheless taking issues gradual, which is one purpose why their youngsters hadn’t met earlier than this previous weekend. “They’ve been conserving their children separate from their relationship for a very long time, however now plan to include their children extra,” a supply advised Us in September 2021.

One month later, one other insider revealed that the pair’s mates suppose an engagement may very well be on the horizon. “They’re completely set on a long-term future collectively,” the supply defined. “They’ve taken their time to get this dedicated.”

After finalizing his divorce from Garner in 2018, Affleck, for his half, has since moved on with Jennifer Lopez. The Argo director, 49, and the Hustlers star, 52, rekindled their romance in April 2021 after initially relationship from 2002 to 2004.

Earlier this month, the “Get Proper” songstress confirmed that she and Affleck are engaged for the second time after calling off their wedding ceremony in September 2003. Shortly after Lopez broke the information of their second engagement, an insider advised Us that the Oscar winner gave Garner and his household a heads-up earlier than he popped the query.

“His entire household knew a little bit earlier than [the announcement],” the supply defined, including that the newly engaged duo “waited a number of days earlier than sharing the information” with the world. “They’re each happier than ever.”

With reporting by Andrea Simpson

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