I live in the same city as the Busbys, so I've watched this show with interest. I can't help but like them. I do not know them personally, but we have many mutual friends through their church and I have never heard a bad word spoken about them. Danielle is very involved with a local moms of multiples groups and frequently donates baby equipment and clothing that the girls have outgrown. She is well liked around here. None of the behind the scenes stories like I used to hear about the Gosselins. The girls are adorable and on their blog they seem like very involved parents who are always interacting with the girls. I think this says a lot as well.
As much as I like this couple, the show did irritate me at times. It felt like they were forcing the parents to follow certain story lines. Hazel is sick? OMG, disaster! How will they handle it?? And the house. Real estate records show that the listing price was $410k for their house, not $450 like the show said. Danielle also wrote a blog post about how the builder worked with them and made it affordable for them. Maybe I'm jaded on house prices, but a house that will fit 8 people through the teen years that is no doubt under $400k? That doesn't seem extravagant to me, especially since they said they had a good amount of equity in their first house. I know for a fact that Adam has a good job + the TLC money, so I don't think this was a stretch. Obviously they will have many future expenses for 6 children, but I don't think the house was a poor decision.
Just 2 more things. 1) Since the show finished filming Danielle's other sister (yes, her 2 sisters are twins) has moved to the same neighborhood as Danielle and the other sister. All 3 of them within half a mile. I love that they have a close enough relationship to want that. And 2) This show makes League City seem MUCH nicer than it is. Yes, their neighborhood is nice but League City itself is sort of dumpy and TLC does a great job of hiding it.
