EP 51 - Carpool Confessions: Busby Family Life, Faith & Future of OutDaughtered

Summary

---

More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby

EP 51 – Carpool Confessions: Busby Family Life, Faith & Future of OutDaughtered

Release Date: September 26, 2025

---

Episode Overview

In this unique “carpool confessions” episode, Adam and Danielle Busby take listeners along for a candid roadtrip podcast, answering fan questions while en route to the airport. Recording from their car after a chaotic week, they offer honest updates on Busby family life, discuss Riley’s academics, reflect on faith (and its portrayal on OutDaughtered), the challenge of raising independent quints and a teen, and explore the family’s future in media. The episode is filled with behind-the-scenes stories, parenting philosophies, faith discussions, and open reflection on their family’s ongoing journey post-TV fame.

---

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Setup: Life in Chaos & Impromptu Podcasting

• [01:19–03:10]
  • Adam and Danielle explain this episode’s “on the road” format, citing broken AC, hectic schedules, and a last-minute trip to LA for the Life Awards.
  • Danielle drives (gets carsick otherwise), while Adam manages the podcast equipment and fan questions.
  • Danielle notes:

    “Let’s just film in the car while we’re driving…this will be our podcast for the week with y’all!”
    (02:16, Danielle)

2. Weather & Life Updates

• [03:48–04:18]
  • Fan from Canada mentions turning on the heat, sparking a quick discussion on Texas seasons.
  • Danielle:

    "We don’t put the heat on unless the house is like 65 or below...I love sleeping when it’s cold."
    (04:18, Danielle)

3. Riley’s School Progress & Academic Diversity Among the Quints

• [04:32–08:28]
  • Clarifies misconceptions: Riley jumped ahead in pre-K/kindergarten but isn’t kept a full grade ahead; COVID set all kids back, so they’re now in the same grade.
  • Reflects on differing learning styles among the girls:
    • Riley prefers individual work, less group interaction.
    • Some quints have academic challenges (dyslexia, 504 plans, need extra support).
  • Danielle:

    "How do you do academics...when you’ve got so many kids the same age that are all different?... It is hard. The days that we are in school with them now, the older they get, it’s hard."
    (06:26, Danielle)

4. Behind the Bills: Paying for Quintuplet Birth & Medical Costs

• [10:04–17:08]
  • A listener asks if the Busbys paid off the hospital bills from the quintuplets’ birth.
  • Adam credits good insurance; says they only paid out-of-pocket max, not millions.
  • Danielle shares the technicalities: Each baby and she herself were considered separate patients, leading to exponential expenses, all covered after their deductible and out-of-pocket max.

    ”Whenever I had to start seeing my specialist, I no longer am just one patient. I am six patients...That deductible got met REAL quick.”
    (12:05, Danielle)
    “If I were to guess...I remember looking at some bills...I had already like exceeded $6 million.”
    (16:49, Danielle)

5. Church Community & Maintaining Traditions After a Move

• [17:08–17:57]
  • Despite moving, the family still attends the same church; the route is now even easier.
  • Danielle:

    “It’s almost a straight shot...it’s just quicker to get there...We go to One Life Houston in Webster, Texas.”
    (17:27, Danielle)

6. Family Archives & Potential OutDaughtered ‘Watch-and-Chat’ Spin-off

• [17:57–19:20]
  • Danielle shares her recent devotional book writing led her to revisit old OutDaughtered episodes and home videos.
  • They float the idea of reacting to classic show episodes, inviting listener input:

    “Maybe take some of our top favorite episodes and we do like a...watch and chat about it type thing. Y’all tell me what y’all think about that.”
    (18:17, Danielle)

7. Handling Independence, Peer Pressure, Teamwork & Social Media

• [19:24–25:09]
  • To nurture independence, the Busbys encourage the girls to try new things and stick with commitments (especially sports/seasons, even if they later dislike them).
  • Danielle and Adam divide responsibilities and normalize not doing everything together, essential for quints.
  • Adam:

    “Your kids need to do hard things...and not be afraid in certain situations...Don’t be afraid to put yourself in uncomfortable situations.”
    (20:13, Adam)

  • Danielle:

    “We also teach them at home—not everything that you do you have to do with your sister...they always have that team, that person with them.”
    (22:03, Danielle)
    “It is a hard thing to do to individualize them. And as they get older, they are very different, but they have this handicap and comfortableness because it’s always having—it’s special...to be a quintuplet.”
    (24:54, Danielle)

8. Future Media: Will the Busbys Return to TV or YouTube?

• [25:22–29:54]
  • On requests for more OutDaughtered/TV content:
    • Stepping away from filming was prayerful, intentional.
    • They’re open to God’s calling, maybe for specials or updates, but love flexibility now.
    • YouTube isn’t a main focus currently; the kids’ interest and family bandwidth determine what (if any) new content arises.

    “We don’t feel like we’re called to be [back in production]. We feel like he’s pushed us to...have a break from that.”
    (26:52, Danielle)
    “We’re not just a YouTube family—our kids go to school...We just aren’t the YouTube family.”
    (27:55, Danielle)

9. Talking Faith, Current Events, and Raising Kids with Bold Belief

• [30:23–35:00]
  • On processing Charlie Kirk’s death with their kids:
    • With their oldest, Blake, they were very direct. The quints—still processing faith—asked many questions; the family watched memorial coverage together.
    • Adam stresses the value of difficult conversations, modeling open dialogue even when beliefs differ:

      “Just to convey to your kids—it’s okay to talk about things. It’s okay to have a discussion with somebody, because...somebody’s other perspective can give you some insight into maybe something you’re wrestling with.”
      (32:00, Adam)

    • Danielle describes the heavy weeks as fruitful for faith and family talks:

      “In our household, it’s been very flourishing with conversations, which has been a beautiful thing.”
      (34:47, Danielle)

    • Noting a general faith resurgence, Adam comments:

      “People are a lot more bold right now...and it’s just been really cool to see how God is moving through everything all over the world.”
      (35:00, Adam)

10. Faith on OutDaughtered: Disappointment with TV Portrayal

• [36:51–38:06]
  • Directly addressing a listener’s question, both admit being disappointed (though not surprised) that their faith was often cut from OutDaughtered on TLC, a secular network.
  • Danielle recounts expressing her beliefs firmly, despite repeated editorial omission.

    “No matter what we say, especially if it centers around our faith, it’s going to hit the cut room floor.”
    (37:32, Danielle)
    “That’s why we love having this platform and to be able to share what we want to share.”
    (38:06, Adam)

---

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• The Reality of Parenting Quints

  “It is a hard thing to do to individualize them. And as they get older, they are very different, but they have this handicap and comfortableness because it’s always...special to be a quintuplet.”
  (24:54, Danielle)

• On Medical Bills

  ”I am six patients...each baby and me are different patients. So I am six bills every time I go see the doctor.”
  (12:05, Danielle)

• On Faith in the Spotlight

  “We were definitely disappointed with how...our Christian faith [was] played down [on OutDaughtered]...It’s going to hit the cut room floor.”
  (37:32, Danielle)

• On Family & Calling

  “If that’s something God puts in front of us, we want to be committed to whatever he wants to put in front of us...”
  (26:52, Danielle)

• On Raising Independent Kids

  “Your kids need to do hard things...never let them quit.”
  (20:13, Adam)

---

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:19 – Episode begins with “carpool podcast” setup
• 04:32 – Riley’s school status & discussion of academic diversity
• 10:04 – Paying off the quintuplets’ birth and medical bills
• 17:08 – Family’s church attendance post-move
• 19:24 – Encouraging independence and handling team dynamics among the quints
• 25:22 – Will the Busbys return to TV or increase YouTube content?
• 30:23 – Talking to kids about Charlie Kirk’s passing; resilient faith conversations
• 36:51 – Disappointment about faith not being showcased on OutDaughtered

---

Listener Engagement

• Danielle invites listener feedback for a potential OutDaughtered “Watch & Chat” mini-series (“Y’all tell me what y’all think about that…” - 18:17)
• They emphasize openness to God’s direction for future projects, urging fans to remain engaged.

---

Episode Tone & Style

Conversational, honest, occasionally humorous, and deeply reflective—Adam and Danielle alternate between parenting banter, heartfelt testimony, logistical candor (re: bills and family schedules), and passionate faith talk. Technical car troubles and busy family life flavor the episode with authentic “Busby family chaos.”

---

Perfect for:

• OutDaughtered fans
• Christian parents
• Multi-child families
• Anyone curious about real life behind reality TV

---

Note:

• Ads, formal intro/outro, and brief sponsor reads are omitted from this summary.

---

Transcript

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Go all in on fall with Abercrombie Kids. Their newest drop of on trend outfits are ready for everything from the bus stop to family bonfires. And it wouldn't be fall without football. Gear up. The kids with officially licensed NFL tees and sweatshirts shop Abercrombie Kids this season in the app, online and in store.

Does it ever feel like you're a marketing professional just speaking into the void? But with LinkedIn ads, you can know you're reaching the right decision makers. A network of 130 million of them. In fact, you can even target buyers by job title, industry, company seniority, skills, and. Did I say job title? See how you can avoid the void and reach the right buyers with LinkedIn ads. Spend $250 on your first campaign and get a free $250 credit for the next one. Get started at LinkedIn.com campaign terms and conditions apply.

This is More than Reality Podcast, where we dive into all things faith, family and marriage and share that there is so much more than the reality that you see on the surface. Welcome to More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby.

[Adam Busby]

All right, guys, welcome to more the reality podcast, episode 51 from the car. And this is unlike any episode we've ever done before because just the crazy circumstances this week at our house, it's just been wild. We've had no AC for half the week and the podcast studio is upstairs.

[Danielle Busby]

And it was like 90 something degrees up there and it was miserable.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. And so.

[Danielle Busby]

So here we are having. We're going out of town and my.

[Adam Busby]

Mom and dad are at the house right now with. Well, the girls are at school.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah.

[Adam Busby]

But my mom and dad are staying at the house this weekend because Danielle and I are headed to LA right.

[Danielle Busby]

Now, Marina Del Rey.

[Adam Busby]

So. For the live action gala. Yeah, sure.

[Danielle Busby]

The Life Awards.

[Adam Busby]

So we're on our way to the airport, which takes roughly an hour.

[Danielle Busby]

Well, we got about 40, 45 minutes in the car. So I like, dropped the bottom on Adam. I'm like, why don't we just, like, film an episode in the car while we're driving? And he's like, really? And I'm like, let's see if we can do it. So he actually posted on Instagram yesterday or day before, whatever, when we didn't have the podcast go live that, you know, gave an update on, like, what was happening and said, you know, I got some questions, let's chat whatnot. So I said, let's just film in the car while we're driving. And I'm driving because I get car sick, especially when Adam drives. And so he's going to go over some of the questions, so why not just chat and record it? And this will be our podcast for the week with y'. All. So let's do it. I'm gonna focus, and so he's gonna read questions and I'm gonna chat.

[Adam Busby]

But I have a camera mounted to the windshield, and so every time we turn, like right now in an overpass, the camera kind of turns a little bit, so I'm having to monitor the camera, read questions.

[Danielle Busby]

This is fun. I feel, like, dumb and outdaughtered right now.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. Because it does kind of feel like car rides on outdaughter, except we don't have a bunch of kids in the background.

[Danielle Busby]

That's also a small world because I texted Uncle Brad yesterday, and I'm like.

[Adam Busby]

Hey, let's meet up.

[Danielle Busby]

But I don't think it's gonna work out. Uncle Brad was producer Brad. So what's the first question? Buzz?

[Adam Busby]

Well, I have a comment from. I hope I'm pronouncing your name right. Miana Deanne Nelson Frickstadt. She said, wow, up here in Saskatchewan, Canada, we're already turning our heat on at night. I can't even imagine. Like, we don't really have to be that until. Shoot.

[Danielle Busby]

January.

[Adam Busby]

January in Texas.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah.

[Adam Busby]

And by then, you're probably in the negative.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And I'm like, we don't put the heat on unless the house is, like, 65 or below. And it's mostly for the girls, like, upstairs in their rooms. I love sleeping when it's cold.

[Adam Busby]

All right, so this is for Patty. No, these are all coming from Instagram. So it's just random questions and stuff that people had asked. And she let me pan this camera over a little bit, and she said, you may not want to discuss this, but I wonder if Riley is doing well in school. Does she still. Is. She still seems somewhat ahead of her age group. And so there's kind of been, like, a little misconception with all of that with Riley. I mean, yes. Back in previously Pre K, you know, Riley jumped ahead to, like, the kindergarten class before all the other girls. And then. Which didn't necessarily we would. Would ever mean that we would fully keep her ahead of all the girls. She just, you know, this was just in, like, pre K, she jumped ahead. They had a kindergarten class. And so she jumped ahead a little bit earlier than the girls. We would have probably never kept her a full year ahead of everyone. But then Covid hit.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah.

[Adam Busby]

And things Just got really weird at school. And I feel like through Covid, every kid kind of suffered a little bit just because of, like, the. The way everybody was having to learn in home, learning par. Teachers, just sending stuff home with parents and, you know, and hoping for the best. And so through that Covid year, it kind of like, set everybody back a little bit so that, you know, the year after Covid, whenever they were ready to go to public school, obviously they just all started in the same grade. So, you know, Riley's there. Yes. She's bright and intelligent. Don't necessarily think she's, like, ahead of, like, to be able to jump to first grade. She's just right where she needs to be. And so that's just.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And I think. I think, you know, as they're getting older, you see the difference in their academics, how different they are when it comes to academics. And, you know, that's a whole. A whole topic that I think that we could discuss on the podcast is, you know, how do you. How do you do academics and stuff when you've got so many kids the same age that are all different? But when it comes to Riley, since the question was specifically about Riley, she does. She does well, but she's not. She doesn't care so much about the socialization as much as her sisters do. She's just more content with, like, the one friend or whatnot. One friend or two friends. And she wants to just have that one friend. And so I think there's times, like, at school and in the proximity, she just doesn't even want to hang out in, like, group study time or, like, table. She wants to just kind of do her work herself because she doesn't want to wait on anybody or she doesn't want anyone to hold her back, or she just wants to do her own thing. And that's just a lot of her personality, too. But, yeah, she's pretty much. They pretty much all are. They're either at where they need to be in some form or they're struggling because of just, you know, got a couple of them dyslexic and just, like, 504 plans just needing extra assistance. Oh, that's in my face. Heart issues. The sun is glaring off the phone. Yeah, but, yeah, it's. It's hard. It is hard. The days that we are in school with them now, the older they get, it's hard.

[Adam Busby]

All right, guys. So, yep, this is our whirlwind travel day. Our plane is. Got delayed. There was a part they needed to change on it, so we're here at the airport and waiting on the other plane to come in. But for this episode, we want to thank Cozy Earth for sponsoring this video. And there's nothing more that I would want right now when to be curled up in my Cozy Air sheets. Especially over this next weekend where we're going to be at a hotel. Yeah, we're not going to have our Cozy oceans, but my mom and dad are going to happen. Yeah, I'm kind of jealous. So you can go to cozyearth.com and order anything on their website for 40% off with the code more than.

[Danielle Busby]

Yep.

[Adam Busby]

And so everything on their website is a 10 year warranty and on their, on their sheets and blankets and everything. It's a 100 day sleep trial.

[Danielle Busby]

Yep. And if you have had their sheets before, it's time to check out the cozy apparel because their PJs, their loungewear is just as amazing as the sheets. So thank you, Cozy Air for sponsoring this by cast.

[Adam Busby]

Yep. Thank you, Cozy Earth. Don't Forget, go to cozyearth.com use code more than for 40% off anything in the store. So go check them out. So this is from Marcy. Her name is Marcy Jo.

[Danielle Busby]

Yo, you gotta recognize my haircut.

[Adam Busby]

Danielle did chop all her hair.

[Danielle Busby]

I recognize your new glasses. Remember I said, did y' all notice anything different about Adam? I chopped my hair off. This is as short as my hair has ever been. It has literally took my. My chin feels weird. I'm was like, you can feel my neck.

[Adam Busby]

You get ready a lot quicker now, though.

[Danielle Busby]

Oh, thank. I was waiting on you.

[Adam Busby]

Okay, so this is from Marcy Joe. Yo, did y' all ever pay off all those hospital bills when they were all born?

[Danielle Busby]

Oh my God. I so actually loved that question. I saw that one.

[Adam Busby]

So fortunately, like whenever I was working at oil and gas at the time, I had really good insurance. And we met our, obviously we met our deductible, met our max out of pocket, which helped us tremendously. That means like, you know, insurance pretty much paid for every single thing. Like we only had to come out of pocket like a specific amount and then. But it was funny because after like all the medical bills were done, which is millions and millions of dollars in medical bills, you know, the insurance company wanted to come and do like a photo op with me at the office and stuff. They brought like for PR for them. He brought a package and some like gifts and stuff. And then a few months later, they dropped us.

[Danielle Busby]

Dropped the whole companies.

[Adam Busby]

They dropped the entire companies. They had company had to go find a new insurance provider.

[Danielle Busby]

I mean, I would too, but so.

[Adam Busby]

But Wiley's Willie's got her hospital bills paid for.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. So that I think and, and that to say is something that I look back and I say, God. That is a God blessing right there. Because whenever we, whenever we were in that phase and we're, you know, know, thankfully, this was before COVID before insurance and stuff changed to what it is today, which is horrible. We had decent insurance coverage and it was pretty, pretty good. And however, our. It didn't take long for us to meet our deductible because whenever I had to start seeing my specialist, I no longer am just one patient. I am six patients. So I am six. I am a patient and I am five babies. So each baby and me are different patients. So I am six bills every time I go see the doctor. So every like 10 in every two weeks, I am six. Six bills. So you're no longer considered just like one patient and one bill. It's time. Six. So that deductible got me. I hate this bridge. Like, I. I just have to look at the car in front of me because it makes me so scared.

[Adam Busby]

We're driving over the Houston Ship Channel. Right. Hate this bridge.

[Danielle Busby]

But it was overwhelming just in that sense, like, holy cow. Like just, just to up front, just to get to the deductible was high bills right on top. But it was a blessing because what was to come was very extra. Extraneous. May you say that sometimes my braces doesn't allow my mouth to move.

[Adam Busby]

Right.

[Danielle Busby]

Extrenuous, like bills like, of very extra large. You know, Y' all know what I mean? Someone does Max exceeded. But I remember, I remember the babies were. So we met the deductible and then before, before the girls were even born, I had already Max out of pocket.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah.

[Danielle Busby]

Just with my doctors because I'm. There's six patients.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. And we're on a specialist visits like every week. Pretty much.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And then at five months, gestation was 25 weeks. My 25 week appointment, I'm like doing fine and stuff. It just got really hard to do my appointments and keep up with who. Who is who because they're crammed in there. And to keep my measurements of tracking each baby because, you know, my appointments would take like three hours at this point. Because doing ultrasounds for six. For six people, checking on myself and certain things for me, but also taking measurements and everything for five babies. And you have to lay back. I couldn't breathe. So I could Only lay back and stay in a position for so long. After my 25 week checkup, my doctor said, can we just go ahead and get you in the hospital so we could monitor you daily? He'd feel more comfortable with that. So then, therefore, I am in the hospital now and have a hospital, you know, Bill. So we met the out of pocket max out of pocket, which then is covered 100%. Insurance is covered in 100%. So, you know, certain things that I wasn't necessarily, or we weren't necessarily like, really thinking about because there were so many things new at the time. We weren't really forecasting and saying. It was literally a day by day thing. Like day by day living day by day. And like, what is today and what are we. What's changing today? So whenever the bills started to come in, I remember they weren't even home. And I remember, like, the house is like overwhelmed and we've got. I'm pumping things. They're all in the nicu. I am discharged. I'm at home and like bills are coming in. And I remember. I think so. I think I stayed in the hospital for two weeks before I got discharged and leaving. No. Which was like so hard to do. But I remember looking at some bills and I had already like exceeded like $6 million.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah.

[Danielle Busby]

It was ridiculous. So if I were to guess. If I were to guess, I know I could go back and look.

[Adam Busby]

We also don't need to spend their entire.

[Danielle Busby]

Okay, next question, Next questions. Okay, next topic.

[Adam Busby]

Oh, this is me. And again, when you. When you recently moved, did you start attending a different church? Actually, no, We. We're still going to the same church we were going to back in. Well, whenever we lived in League City. And honestly, like, the church was almost like kind of an equidistant, but it.

[Danielle Busby]

Feels closer because it's a straight. It's almost a straight shot.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah, it's not. It's, you know, it's. It's really kind of like in the middle of where both of our houses are. Yeah. And so we were able to just like still keep going and maybe just a tad bit closer now.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah.

[Adam Busby]

But it's just quicker to get there because it's. Yeah. Not so many red lights are still going to the same church. We go to one Life, Houston and Webster, Texas.

[Danielle Busby]

I've been seeing a lot of people do. I don't think I would do this for like every episode of Outdaughtered, but maybe take like some of our top favorite episodes and we do like a. Watching chat about it type thing.

[Adam Busby]

Like, like, like watching.

[Danielle Busby]

Maybe we do like a micro, like, mini season of like, I don't know, y' all tell me what y'. All. What y' all think about that.

[Adam Busby]

Ginger and Jeremy do that.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. But I've also seen some other people do that.

[Adam Busby]

Like, Zach and Tori have done a few episodes like that.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And I mean, we have a lot of episodes, but I'm not saying all of them, but some of them that were like, that stuck out to us. Yeah, I was kind of thinking about that because. Only because I've been doing a lot of writing and like, I finished my first, like, devotional book that's going to be coming out, and I was asking Adam for some photos. I was like, I need some photos. I need this family photo. Like when the kids were little. And then we got stuck watching all.

[Adam Busby]

These videos and down that rabbit hole.

[Danielle Busby]

Like, and it made me want to go back.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah.

[Danielle Busby]

And watch some of the episodes. But then I was like, you know what? I feel like I don't remember a lot of those days, but I would like to kind of process and talk about it now that my mind has kind of like, it's different now.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah.

[Danielle Busby]

So kind of thought about that. So would y' all like for us to do that question for y'?

[Adam Busby]

All? All right, so this is from Lauren Paul. Could you talk about how you handle your daughter's independence as they grow older? Any other topics, like today's kids, peer pressure, kids on social media, academic pressure of teens. It's great. I mean, I mean, obviously this move was like a big. A big thing with like, our kids learning, like, independence and stuff. And just like, you know, you know, I've always said, you know, your kids learning independently, your kids need to do hard things. And you need to encourage your kids to, like, stick with things, put themselves out there, put. Don't be afraid to put yourself in an uncomfortable situations. Because I think from that, you know, our kids have definitely been in some very uncomfortable situations, especially being in the public light and all these things. And we've been able to, like, keep em very grounded through all of that. And, you know, and it's taught em a lot about just being independent, being, you know, not afraid in certain situations. And, you know, and yeah, I mean, everybody's gonna get like, a little scared in certain situations. But, you know, especially with like, this move, putting them in sports, letting them try new things constantly, and then never letting them quit. I think that's a big thing, is like our thing is they commit to Something if they say, I want to try out this new sport and they get.

[Danielle Busby]

I give them a trial day.

[Adam Busby]

We'll say, finish my. Let me finish my sentence before you jump in. You know, and so, you know, they get halfway through a season and, you know, ultimately decide that they don't like it. Okay, you. We don't like it, so we're not gonna do it X season. But you. You gotta. You're in a team sport or whatever, so you gotta. You gotta stick with it because, you know, and it's just teaching them like, you can't let other people down just because however you may be feeling right now and, you know, just teaches them responsibility, teamwork, and. And just sticking it. Sticking through hard situations.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And, you know, whenever it comes to trying new sports, it's not like we're putting them in their blind at a time where we're like, oh, you want to try soccer? Let's just sign them up raw. Like, we go and do like, hey, let's go do like a trial class and see if you like it. So we're giving them an option to say, what's something. If there's something new you want to try, let's go try it. See if you like it. And then we sign up. But once we make the commitment to sign up, I just moved away. Once we make the commitment to sign up, we're committed for that semester or that season. And yeah, it's teaching them character and team. Teamwork and, you know, responsibility of which which to me helps the. Them even within the family dynamic of being a quintuplet. Because they. They too have to learn that. They learn it in a team aspect, because at home and wherever they go, they always have, like, that team, that person with them. But we also teach them at home, not everything that you do, you have to do with your sister. Yeah, right. But we teach them too, in a team sport or in group activities or other things. If you are committed with something or even with a sister, if you say you're going to go do this with a sister, then we expect you to do that with a sister, because that's what you said you would do. Like, we. We're on. We are good for our word. You know, if we commit that and we say we're going to do that, then we're going to follow through when it comes to helping them with the independence. We have always tried our best to divide and conquer. Meaning, you know, there are times where you're not going to have both of us there. You might have to have a time where you are riding with another parent or another mom to go to a sport here or there. But we're going to rotate and we have to be verbal about that. We, like, we're going to miss a game this weekend and we tell them, like, we love you and we are going to make the next one. But what we're going to do right now is for a good cause, and we are. We would not be missing this game if it wasn't for a good reason. We're not just missing to miss, you know, and we. Our card was the same anyways. So we. We try our best to keep their independence, especially being a quintuplet. They try to infuse themselves together because they will always be identified together. So it is a hard. It is a hard thing to do to individualize them. And as they get older, they are very different, but they have this handicap and comfortableness because it's always having. It's special. It is very special to be a.

[Adam Busby]

Unique experience, for sure.

[Danielle Busby]

So it's. It's. It's getting harder, but it's. They're understanding it more. So. And. And I think this. Sports is really helping them through that.

[Adam Busby]

All right, next question. This is from Deanna Schohas, and she asked, would you ever consider filming again? I would assume that you mean, like, on a television show with the network and stuff like that. You know, we stepped away from that, hoping to just, like, explore other avenues, other ways of, like, sharing our story and stuff like that. Obviously that's podcast, but, I mean, after doing it for 10 years, you know, it's a lot. And, you know, a lot of this. A lot of things that go on in our life while we're filming kind of go on hold, and it makes it difficult with just like, other businesses and other work and stuff that we do. If we ever did decide to go back into it, obviously we would pray about that and it would have to be pretty apparent, like, God saying, I need to do this. But, you know, and. And if we did, it would probably be in a fairly limited span, maybe a few specials or like a small series, maybe do some updates or whatever. But.

[Danielle Busby]

And we don't know, like.

[Adam Busby]

But I don't know, like, whatever.

[Danielle Busby]

We only know outdaughtered. We don't know what anything else would look like if there was something that ever came around. So we're open to it. If that's something God puts in front of us, we want to be. We want to be committed to, like, whatever he wants to put in front of us. And we feel like at the time of us not producing and not, you know, in production without daughter is. Is what we're supposed to be doing right now. We don't feel like we're called to be doing that. We feel like he's pushed us to break away and to have a break from that. And that's what we've been doing and trying to expand our story and. And our testimony and our hearts in different areas to reach different people. So platform and writing. We still do YouTube, but we're kind of been talking about getting back on to that kind of journey too.

[Adam Busby]

That's. That's. Obviously, there is a bunch of people that asked about, like, are we going to start putting stuff back on YouTube? And it's just really hard as the.

[Danielle Busby]

Kids are getting older, because we're not just a YouTube family. Like, you watch YouTube families. Our kids go to school, and we're not like, just homeschool families. We're like, our life is around filming all the time. Like, we are, you know, a normal size. A normal family who works outside of the home, who. Our kids go to school. We do sports. We. We just aren't the YouTube family.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah.

[Danielle Busby]

And, you know, God wants us to be. We'll pursue that. But right now, we feel like what we're doing now is what he's put in front of us, and that's what we're trying to do.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. I mean, our big part of, like, YouTube and stuff, it was very heavy, a heavy load on me. And just, like, right now I just don't have the capacity to just pour so much time into it. But. And so, like, I'm not. I. I used to get really stressed out if we didn't, like, have a YouTube video coming out that week. And just like, I'm at a point where, like, I'm not. I'm not stressing about it. A big part of it is we're not going to film anything if the kids don't want to. And so, like, if they start asking a lot, which they. They have. They brought it up a few times and stuff. And they run into kids at school that like, oh, we watch your YouTube channel. And they. They actually think that's really cool. And so if they ever come to us and like, hey, like, we want to film a YouTube video about this or whatever, like, we'd totally do it. But like, right now, just like, with the capacity that we have to do it, we're just. It's. It's a little bit on hold Obviously, all of our content's still up there, and we're gonna leave it up there and. And we're gonna post videos, like, as we can. But just right now, it's like a weird season. We're super busy with a lot of.

[Danielle Busby]

Big transition season, honestly, which is good. I think it's good for us to kind of have like, a. A bit of change and a slower pace of. Of adjustment of life. And so.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. So one or two more. Yeah, this.

[Danielle Busby]

Depending on what the question is.

[Adam Busby]

This is from Jennifer Brooke Bogger or Boger. Sorry, what if it's booger? It's not. It's not a U in there. That's how I would know that.

[Danielle Busby]

You know, it's called booger with a U.

[Adam Busby]

How you spell it? With two. But it's not. It doesn't have two O's. It's just one O. How do you. How or did you even address what happened to Charlie Kirk with your children? Straight up, total. With Blake, obviously, we like, just straight up told her. Plus, obviously, kids see really quickly, like in school and stuff like that.

[Danielle Busby]

Well, and they hear. They hear it on our tv, on our news.

[Adam Busby]

Obviously. We had our television on that day, and they could see what happened.

[Danielle Busby]

We watched the memorial service. They asked questions.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah, it was actually a really good. We've had lots of good conversation to have really deep and good conversations with the kids about just speaking about what we believe in and, you know, not being afraid of your beliefs and, you know, a lot of the things that Charlie Kirk did through his actions and. And the things that he says. Yeah, some people didn't agree with it, but you know what? There's things that I guarantee you, unless you live in an echo chamber, there's things that, you know, you're. You're a group of friends. Well, camera's moving. Could you're turning. Let me get this camera back. All right. But I guarantee you, like, in your circle of friends, you don't always agree on sale. There's not things that everybody agrees with on every single thing. And that's what he was most. And, you know, he was such a proponent of is like, hey, yes, we all have different views about different things. Let's just talk about it. And that was the big thing. And so, you know, just to convey to your kids, it's like, it's okay to talk about things. It's okay to have a discussion with somebody, because you may not Even be a 100 solidified in your view of something, and somebody. Somebody's other perspective can Give you some insight into, you know, maybe something you're wrestling with. And so, yeah, I mean, it was a big. It was a big thing in our house this week. You know, we took the kids to, you know, Charlie Kirk Memorial. We watched it on tv. It was such a blessing to, just to see, like, how the gospel was proclaimed so much through pretty much every single speaker that went up there. And then I think Donald Trump just kind of went off the rails right at the end. But, you know, for the most part, that, that whole thing was like, really good.

[Danielle Busby]

I mean, I would say, you know, Blake has been baptized, has accepted Jesus in her heart, has been baptized for a couple years now. And the, the quints have not proclaimed that yet in their hearts, but have been asking questions. And I would say that, yeah, we've.

[Adam Busby]

Probably had than any other time.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah. And the age that they are, they're 10 and a half ish. So they're just really trying to process and understand, like, why someone would do that. But also, it's just brought up a lot of questions more about like, faith and God and, But then also like hatred and mean people and why people do things that are bad and evil in the world and talking about the devil and talking about heaven. I mean, it's just brought up a lot of good conversations. And so it's. It's been a heavy, heavy week. Two weeks. But in our household, it's been very flourishing with conversations, which has been a beautiful thing.

[Adam Busby]

Which I think that would, you know, that's been, you know, the kind of the consensus all over the world. I mean, people that were either open to Christianity. I mean, there's people that were even. I've heard stories of people that were even.

[Danielle Busby]

I mean, I really know people who.

[Adam Busby]

Have gone to church for the first time. Yeah. That I've returned back to a church or stepped foot in a church for the first time. Like, you know, I feel like the, the message of the gospel being proclaimed all over the world. People are a lot more bold right now with, with everything. And, and it's just been really cool to see, like, how God is moving through, you know, everything all over the. All over the world. And honestly, like before Charlie Kirk's passing, I believe, you know, especially like our nation, United States, it was starting to move that direction. Yes. There's some outliers there. People that are just getting more and more emboldened and polarized in the opposite way and vice versa. I mean, there's some far right lunatics as well. I mean, you know, the fringe on either side is absolutely crazy. But I believe that, you know, especially amongst young people, you know, a resurgence in faith and stuff like that has been super encouraging. Yeah. Okay, we're going to do the last question. We're literally pulling up to the airport right now, so we need to. And we're on a curve. And so were you. This is from her screen names, mom to Charlie, Donna Kovac. Were you disappointed with. Camera keeps moving. Curve. Rope about the curve. Again, were you disappointed with how your. With how outdaughters seem to play down your Christian faith? And she also said, go, Tigers. So she must be from Louisiana. So go Tigers. Go tigers.

[Danielle Busby]

Yes.

[Adam Busby]

Yes, 100%. Like, we. We were definitely disappointed with, like, how. I mean, but it's not. It's not a surprise.

[Danielle Busby]

Not a surprise.

[Adam Busby]

We weren't surprised with it, but we were disappointed. I mean, whenever our TV show was on, you know, airing on a secular network. I mean, look at all the other shows that were, like, kind of around our show and stuff like that. I mean, you know, we're not on a Christian channel, so you couldn't really expect that. Yes, it was disappointing, I believe. You know, many times we'd be. Danielle and I would be sitting on the interview couch.

[Danielle Busby]

Oh, I'm getting furious. I'm like.

[Adam Busby]

And we just get. Yeah. So frustrated.

[Danielle Busby]

I'm not. I'm not saying this any other way. This is my answer. This is my belief. This is what I'm saying.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. Because, you know, obviously we learned over the years, like, no matter what we say, especially if it. If it centers around our faith, it's going to hit the cut room floor. Yeah. And, you know, it got to a point where, like, we would even just straight up tell them on the couch. They would ask us a question. The question would involve. Hold on.

[Danielle Busby]

I mean, our answer would involve our face. And Adam would be like, well, I know you're not going to use this. You're going to cut it out, but this is my answer.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah. And so we ended up saying that a lot. I'm like, well, I guess out of anybody. I'm just speaking to the people at Post that are going to be having to sift through this footage, But I know it's not going to see the light of day. So, you know, that's why we love having this platform and to be able to, like, share what we want to share. Share what's on our. We are departing.

[Danielle Busby]

That's kind of weird because I'm arriving to the airport to park.

[Adam Busby]

You're arriving to depart to park.

[Danielle Busby]

Yeah, I'm arriving to park.

[Adam Busby]

Yeah, but it's referring to the airplanes arriving and departing. You're right. All right, guys, so we are literally.

[Danielle Busby]

Hope y' all could keep up with this.

[Adam Busby]

Driving through tunnels. Sorry for the camera movements. Sorry about everything. Obviously, the timeline and getting this up. I don't even know how quickly I'll be able to edit this. I'm probably going to try to work on it on the airplane.

[Danielle Busby]

Oh, you're going to do it.

[Adam Busby]

It's going up today, so it'll be an interesting surprise. So thank you guys for tuning in to episode 51 of more than Reality podcast and we'll see you in the next one. Hopefully it won't be in a car.

[Danielle Busby]

Actually, I kind of like the difference. Over.

[Adam Busby]

It's gone, man out. I don't know. We may have to do these every now and then, so. All right, we love you guys.

[Danielle Busby]

Limu Emu and Doug.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug.

[Adam Busby]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Cut the camera. They see us.

[Adam Busby]

Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty Liberty Liberty. Liberty Savings Ferry unwritten by Liberty Mutual.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Insurance Company and affiliates excludes Massachusetts packages by Expedia. You were made to occasionally take the hard route to the top of the Eiffel Tower. We were made to easily bundle your trip Expedia Made to travel flight inclusive packages are atoll protected.