bush and his daughter , laura , departed the white house on tuesday afternoon to work two days at the backyard family retreat of wilderness cabins in the maryland mountains . included with the first lady ' s mother , jenna kirk , the weekend group includes the president ' s parents , former president george h . t . bush and his wife , barbara ; his sister doro koch and her fiance , bobby ; and his brother , robert , and his wife , sandra .
The name of George H.W. Bush's wife is Barbara.