Above Average: The Podcast For Big Families.

Can you relate to ALL THE STUFF an Above Average family has? Is your garage and endless pile of children's toys, bikes, and balls? Do you store it away? How much do you keep? Tune in to this episode to hear the guys discuss and offer practical tips and simple encouragement.

Find yourself dealing with work interruptions too often, like when you're not at work? Here are a few ways to make the best of it without driving your family crazy. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

In this episode, we talk about a few fun fall family activities to get you and your crew outside enjoying the weather, smells, and tastes of the season. For more episodes, serious show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

Shortly after dinner, your brain reminds you that you're getting ready to run the final race of the day: the kids' bedtime. Maybe this will sound familiar: you rush to get the kids clean, then you rush to make sure they’re all simultaneously getting dressed, brushing teeth, hanging up towels, and putting away dirty clothes. Then begins the actual bedtime battle: story time, prayers, lights out… lights on again… (repeat), then maybe some thumping or loud whispering. And if you’re lucky, silence comes shortly thereafter. But then someone needs a drink of water. (And then maybe Mommy and Daddy need a drink of something else.) It seems like it never ends. After all, it's a marathon even if you choose to sprint through parts of it. And while this would be busy enough for any family, as we all know when you have a bunch of kids: if there’s drama, it’s multiplied. And then you realize it's only Sunday night, and you have a few more "school nights" ahead of you this week. But take heart: you're not alone. For mo

Jenny Martin, the writer behind Southern Savers and a mother of 5, joins Lance to discuss what it's like working from home while homeschooling your kids, what makes southernsavers.com tick, and of course how to save a ton of money for your big family by using simple Southern Savers methods. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

If you already have a big family, you could write a “pro / con” list in a heartbeat. But an article we came across had a short list like this that was worth poking fun at. There are some valid points that’ll hit home with anyone in our large-family-life shoes, but this list was just so random we thought it would be fun to pick it apart. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

“How are we supposed to give all those kids individual attention?” is one of the classic challenges with (or objections to!) a big family. Lance and Bobby walk through a number of things they and their wives have done to help with this problem, but also discuss how it may not be *that* big of an issue to begin with. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

It’s back to school time! And we can’t think of a better time to talk about the options you have when it comes to educating your big family. We look at the big three - Public Schools (free! close to home!), Private Schools (high quality! faith formation!), and Homeschooling (environment! flexibility!) - and share our experiences with each. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

With lots of kids, who sleeps where in your house? Who gets their own room? Do they make quadruple bunkbeds? When you've got an Above Average family, sometimes it's complicated figuring out this stuff. Lance and Bobby cover all this and more in this episode. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

Have you ever wondered why some of your kids respond well to bullet point instructions, but then others need a 10 minute class with an annotated bibliography? Maybe it’s their personality style (or maybe it’s yours). LifePlan and business leadership expert Chris LoCurto joins Lance and Bobby to discuss the value of knowing the personality styles of everyone in your household - including yourself. Including a walkthrough of the popular DISC profile, this episode is packed with incredible (and dare we say life changing?) info. You might want to grab a pen. For more episodes, show notes, and general awesomeness, visit http://aboveaverageshow.com Contact: theaboveaverageshow@gmail.com, @osborne on Twitter, ©2015 Osborne Strategies, LLC. http://osborne.io

Dr. John Phillips, a board certified pediatrician, sits down with Lance and discusses taking your big family to see the doctor, the “screen time” problem, and the benefits he has seen kids experience when they have many siblings.

It’s summertime! And for many families that means some road tripping is about to go down. Lance and Bobby tackle a ton in this episode, from how to stay sane in the van (or - in some cases - bus) to eating healthy on the road.

Celebrities are people, too. And, like us, sometimes they have Above Average families. Lance and his beautiful wife / guest host Sarah discuss 10 famous actors, musicians, and business people who have or hail from big families. Some of them might surprise you.

Insight from a 2013 study shows that when it comes to preventing divorce in adulthood, the more siblings the better. This is BIG news for big families! In this episode, Lance and Bobby unpack the research, share some highlights, and generally do a lot of head nodding in support of the data.

When you take your big family out to eat, is it an adventure or pure torture? In Episode 10, the guys discuss the pros and cons of taking a bunch of kids to fast food places and restaurants with table service. And if you listen all the way to the end and finish your food, you get to play on the play place!

Part 2 of the “*another* new baby” discussion. Lance and Bobby walk through some of their experiences with the hospital stay and the eventual return home with a new baby.

Your family’s already big. So, what’s it like when you add another baby to the mix? In the first part of a two-part series, Lance and Bobby go over some of the prep Above Average families do immediately before the new addition arrives.

Can you relate to ALL THE STUFF an Above Average family has? Is your garage and endless pile of children's toys, bikes, and balls? Do you store it away? How much do you keep? Tune in to this episode to hear the guys discuss and offer practical tips and simple encouragement.

When you already have a lot of bodies in your home, what are some practical things to consider when you're hosting even more bodies? In this episode the guys talk about what to consider when you have family members or even another "Above Average" family coming to visit and stay with you!