Tom Llamas has a adjacent narration pinch his kids: Malena, Juliette and Tomas.
The broadcast journalist and his wife, Jennifer, a erstwhile news and executive producer, joined successful June 2006. They yet started a family, welcoming girl Malena successful March 2013, followed by girl Juliette successful December 2015 and boy Tomas successful October 2017.
After surviving successful New York City for years, nan Llamas’ moved to upstate New York successful 2022, per The New York Times. Despite his engaged schedule — hosting Top Story pinch Tom Llamas connected NBC News NOW and succeeding longtime big Lester Holt connected NBC Nightly News starting connected June 2 — Tom remains dedicated to his loved ones.
“We’re ever together and we’re specified a adjacent family. I really dream that ne'er changes,” he told Yahoo! Life successful November 2021. “I grew up pinch a definite group of values and I want to stock that pinch my kids — that they person a loving home, they person 2 group who emotion them much than nan world. I deliberation that’s our driving force.”
Tom is unfastened astir his family life, often sharing snippets of his children connected societal media — from attending shot games to family activities and day celebrations — proudly utilizing nan moniker “Team Llamas.”
Here’s everything to cognize astir Tom Llamas’ kids: Malena, Juliette and Tomas.
Malena Llamas, 12
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Tom and Jennifer welcomed their first child, girl Malena, successful March 2013.
In March 2025, Tom posted a slideshow connected Instagram wishing Malena a happy “golden birthday” and calling her nan “best large sis we know.”
The erstwhile year, for Malena’s 11th birthday, Tom besides celebrated pinch a station connected Instagram, referring to her arsenic nan family’s “drama queen, quality lover, and early TikToker.”
In some posts, Tom included photos celebrating Malena’s shape performances, including playing Snow White successful a play production.
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Following successful her father’s storytelling footsteps, Malena is besides willing successful writing. Recently, 1 of her stories was selected for nan Frightopia young writers short communicative anthology, published by Writopia Publishing Labs.
Aside from her hobbies, Malena enjoys hanging retired pinch her siblings. Speaking to The New York Times in October 2024, Tom revealed that nan full family often plays together erstwhile he gets location from work, particularly Malena and Juliette.
“We’ll travel backmost location and popular retired to nan backyard for an hr of family playtime. My boy has go obsessed pinch baseball,” he told nan outlet. “Sometimes nan girls travel by and want to deed balls, too, aliases Juju and Malena will play together connected nan trampoline.”
Juliette Llamas, 9
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Tom and Jennifer welcomed their 2nd child, their girl Juliette, successful December 2015.
Juliette, whom nan family calls “Juju,” loves to cook, Tom told The New York Times. On Sunday mornings, “my woman and girl Juju will commencement making breakfast, usually pancakes aliases omelets,” he said. “Juju loves to navigator — and she’s beautiful bully astatine it, too!”
During nan week, though, she lets her dada beryllium much hands-on. Ahead of his debut connected NBC Nightly News, Tom said to Today astir his greeting routine, which he revealed involves cooking meal for his kids and sending them disconnected to school.
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Tom has shared photos of Juliette's accomplishments connected societal media, from taking “big steps” astatine her First Communion successful June 2024 to getting first spot successful a gymnastics competition successful April 2024 and celebrating her day on a family skis trip successful December 2023.
In 2021, Tom told Yahoo! Life what having 2 daughters has taught him.
“It’s opened my eyes to a caller measurement of surviving and life. It’s wonderful,” he explained. “It’s like, immoderate they ask, I’ll springiness them. I’m gonna beryllium nan worst genitor erstwhile they’re older.”
Tomas Llamas, 7
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Tom and Jennifer welcomed their youngest child, boy Tomas, successful October 2017.
“Yesterday we were blessed to invited this patient and handsome babe boy into our lives. Mom is doing astonishing and his large sisters are complete nan moon,” Tom wrote successful an Instagram station announcing Tomas’ birth. “So acold ‘Baby T’ is simply a batch of fun.”
Over nan years, Tom has shared glimpses into his son's personality. In October 2024, he told The New York Times that Tomas was “obsessed” pinch shot and nan Yankees. Apart from letting him enactment up past his bedtime to watch games during nan 2024 playoffs, they besides attended 1 successful person.
But nan father-son duo walk clip together extracurricular of baseball, too. In May 2022, Tom took Tomas fishing, posting a photograph connected Instagram of him holding up a fish.
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“The young man and nan sea,” Tom wrote successful nan caption. “My small feline slammed half twelve mangrove snappers connected his first outing.”
That aforesaid year, Tom and Tomas dressed up for Halloween successful coordinating Jurassic Park costumes and attended nan Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade together.
In October 2024, Tom wrote an effort successful Men’s Health astir really he bonded pinch Tomas complete Metallica.
“Parenting often plays this overseas instrumentality connected maine wherever I’ll deliberation of my boy astatine his property and past I’m transported backmost to wherever I was that age,” he wrote, reminiscing connected memories of listening to euphony pinch his ain father. “My boy doesn’t cognize it now, but 1 time he’ll beryllium location and a opus will play and he’ll remember. Him. Me. The music.”