My husband worked with my Mother and was a friend while he went through his divorce. Then he was gone a few years. We ran into each other at my Mom's business, renewed the friendship. He knew them but to not spook me he said it would be great to have a friend to hang with, without the pressure of dating or sex. I felt the connection too but not as strong, so invited him to help me with my daughter's 8th birthday party tomorrow? He said yes! We saw each other every day, were engaged in 2 months, married in 6 and were married for 30 years till he passed away. His 2, my 1 and 3 more kids, 16 grandkids and 2 great grandkids later, he was the joy of my life! 💞 Appreciate every day while you can! 😉💞
The wonderful things your children are learning as builders, gardeners and farmers are lessons for life, no matter what happens, they have skills for life.
Met online. We knew on the first email on Monday. First date Friday night. Date ended on Tuesday. Married in September. September 18, 2023 we will celebrate 10 years of OMG. We're both over 70. Life is good. Every day is Valentine's Day. Who knew? True love does exist. We can see in your faces.
What a small world we live in! My late husband and I moved from Texas to far northeast Tennessee in 2018, having never been there before. We ended up buying a house in Kingsport. We loved it there. But two years later, my husband was at work in Johnson City when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest and died. Thank my much for sharing your story and your lives! Such a beautiful family!
Just seeing this video, even though it's 3 years old. I love watching your channel. I met my husband our freshman year, I was 18. We dated a year, then he served a 2 year church mission before we married. 47 years later we're still going strong! 3 kids, now all in their 40's- where does time go??
we were just saying you two are the best live! Your humor and the back and forth without putting each other down. Just refreshing and so comical. Keep doing you, cause your awesome. Definitely not boring.
Been married twice, neither was my idea, neither marriage lasted. Not that I didn't try, I married each time with the intention of staying married for life. I love seeing couples who make it work. AM so happy for you both!
Me two. I Never thought “true love” excited for the likes of me. But I thought a partnership was doable. But it did not last, bad partners who did not put in 50/50. So I’m alone and staying that way!
I was 17, she walked through my friend's door and I knew it. Told her I was going to marry her one day, took a year before she said yes ...38 years later and three Beautiful daughters and four grandchildren.... you guys are rocking it....
You're my kind of people can I come visit y'all I'll bring my dog Yogi can I come visit me and my dog Yogi I love you with which I did my name is Nathaniel Grant call me sometime both of y'all I love your family you're my kind of people
My husband and I met when he was 23 and in college, and I was 31 and going through a divorce. We met at his younger sister's confirmation, via his older sister, who was a new friend. I didn't even know she had a brother his age. Well, long story short, at the end of the evening, he told his mom that I was the woman he was going to spend the rest of his life with. Everyone, except his sister (maybe), was against it. That was back in 1993. Today, we have 2 amazing young adult children, one of whom is married to a wonderful man we absolutely love. And us? Well, we couldn't be happier or more in love. After almost 30 years together, we're living our happily ever after. Next steps? The kids want to buy land and start a family homestead, which led us here. We have experience with gardening and livestock, and we plan to build an earthbag complex, too. I'm looking forward to watching all your videos!
Yes, love at first sight. We met & were married in 10 months. That will be 38 yrs ago this May. ❤ 25 & 28 at the time & now have 4 grown men. I would love to live off grid, especially now, but not the hubby, so I do what I can do on our little plot. I adore you guys. I'm bin-ging you right now to catch up.
I'm not sure how I missed seeing this video. Love at first sight is a real thing! My husband and I met May 21, 1983, and got married July 12, 1983. We have two children that we also home schooled. ❤ love your story!
I am watching this a year after you did this video. You both just make me smile. I appreciate your journey and the love I see in both your eyes when you look at each other! My hubby & I both knew on first meeting! Still have that special feeling every time we look at each other - pushing 40 plus years now! What you guys have done is absolutely amazing. The kids are absolutely precious! (And yes…Texas gets sooo hot! Have lived lots of years cuz I married a Texas boy. Hoping to find a cooler place soon..LOL)
Handeeman on youtube also lives in Arizona desert, is also doing things just the way he wants to to be self-sustaining. He has some good ideas, too. Love the relationship you openly share with us! You two are something special!!
I was a junior and he was a sophmore. He gave me one of the those papers that said " If you give it back you owe me a kiss, if you throw it away you owe me a kiss, if you give it to someone else..." He was tall dark and handsome and had the legs of a runner. I was a dork. We just celebrated our 42nd anniversary. At the wedding people were making bets on how long we would last. We fooled them. If you ask him when he knew I was the one, he will tell you it was when I held his hand on our first actual date to a Christmas choir concert at Bethany college with my parents, grandpa and little sister. And we still look at each other the way the two of you do. I was 20 and he was 19 on our wedding day in 1980. At the end of the day its all about choosing each other, even when you don't like each other. And it really helps to start with a best friend.
I just found you. I’m watching this a year later. I knew the day I met my husband that he was the one. I told my mom and she laughed. We got married 2 years later and were married for 52 years when he passed.in 2018. 😊🤗
I almost had love at first sight. We "met" on eHarmony, had a face to face in Nashville, and realized we clicked. He came to Knoxville and that's when I knew and he did too. He proposed in front of my fourth grade class at Berean with Rae's covert help (co-teaching). Been married 15 years, one son, homeschooling, minimalizing step by step, so blessed!
My husband and I are police officers of different departments. We met one weekend, and he moved in with me the next weekend. We have been married for 30 years and are now retired together and, of course, visiting grand babies 😊😊😊😊😊
3/7/23; 112k subscribers. You're certainly not a failure! If ever I needed a family to adopt, I could only hope yours (typ) might be available! Keep going strong!
You all are AWESOME! I really enjoy watching you & your family. I've always wanted to go adventure more & live off grid. My health is hindering me but I'm hopeful to someday live more free & happily. I feel like I can live vicariously through y'all. Until I am able to live my dream. Thanks so much for sharing so much! God bless. 😊🌷
I admire you guys and Ashley you look so much like my daugther Penny it make me so lonely , I'm way in Québec,Can. and she lives in Casa Grande AZ. in fact both my daugthers , grand-kids and arriere grand-kids lives in AZ. I'm hoping to go see them in Oct. boundocking in a van with my sweetheart of 80 years.
Like Gene M said...it is the 27th of June 2022...and thank you so much for sharing your story...I truly enjoy watching your videos which I only discovered this year. I live in Arizona and I am hopeful to meet y'all one day!
May GOD continually bless your union and family. You both celebrated 20 years as a couple this year and will be celebrating 20 years marriage. I'm seeing and feeling the love you have for each other. It's like you are still in the honeymoon stage. 🤗
2003 was a great year!! You are such a colorful and interesting bunch for having come from such solemn and sincere roots. It's fun to watch you develop your dreamscape. Thanks for sharing your hard work and dedicated spirit.
I'm watching now, with the benefit of time passage and a WHOLE lot more subscribers. From 7k then to 128k now, wow. I started watching when MLHS stopped posting very much, because they think you're wonderful and I liked you guys when they visited you. I just have to tell you that you guys are lovely. All the nerdiness, the way that all of you work together, your creativity, willingness to try new things, the attitude about failure being about learning...plus it's obvious that ya'll are so in love with each other after all these years! I always learn something when watching ya'll. It's much like MLHS, in that after awhile, you feel like family. In a sweet way, not all stalkery lol. Anyhoo...keep on keepin' on. You are delightful!
I can see your faces...you blocked the sun and that helped. You two are quit together. I can see the love you have when you interact..you are amused by each others remarks. Meant to be looks like. Continued best wishes
MY MOTHER was the one that said "he will marry my daughter" as his family walked into our church for the very first time! Native Texan here and even we Texans hate Texas in August (and July).
Awww you are such a sweet couple. Your story is so beautiful. Met my hubby at church. I was 16,he 17. I also knew right away I want to marry him when I am grown-up. This year we will celebrate 33 years together as husband and wife. We have three great daughters and our second grandchild is on his way.
We were 15 when we met. The night before--Halloween--was my family's first night in town. The next morning we went to a church pastored by a family friend. It was Homecoming Sunday with dinner on the grounds. A young man walked into the Sunday School room where my mother and I were eating, introduced himself and said, "Will you marry me?" and continued talking for a really long time. I thought something was wrong with him. After he stopped talking and walked away I said as much to my mother. We ended up getting married 3 1/2 years later. Three children, 4 grandchildren and 35 1/2 years later death did us part.
I just watched this for the first time. Y’all have come so far. You’ve blasted past you’re 10k subscribers goal. It’s been really enjoyable watching Y’all grow and build your lives over the last year. Thanks for the great videos. #FortheContent
At 19, I came home from a party and told my mum that I met the guy I was going to marry. I didn't even know his last name!!! I tracked him down and seven years later (he was slow) we married. We have been together for thirty-four years now and have three sons. He is truly my soulmate.
This was the perfect chat to listen to while I’m working. I hope that doesn’t sound like I was bored. I wasn’t! You made me chuckle and smile quite often. You two are fun.
Yep, was 100% sure on first date before we even had any significant conversation. Celebrated 35 years two days ago. And I’m still 🎶The happiest girl in the whole USA🎶. (That song came out in 1972 when I was 9 but I still remember it.) 😁
My first wife and I built our first house in 1980 for $52,000. Split level 1800 sq. ft. but no garage. 10 years later I built a 2 car garage for $39,000. 10 years made a huge difference in costs.
My wife and I met December and knew enough for me to ask her to marry me in mid January and for both of us to decide to get married in December of the same year. We lasted until she had a year with colon cancer, had a final surgery, got the word that she was cured followed two days after the surgery by getting a surprise embolism that killed her. We had prayed that God would heal her and that we would have our 50th wedding anniversary. We should have asked for healing AND the 50. While we were going together, 50 seemed unreal but they were a goood set of years.
My parents met each other in March 93 and married a year and 2 months later, and have been together since. They are best friends and do everything together. If I'm lucky enough to find what they have I'll be blessed if not that's okay too.
This was an amazing video I love watching you guys. you’re just so easy to be around or to watch I should say. I love that you wanted to reach a goal of 10,000 and now I’m watching this video a year later and it’s almost at 100,000. Much love and many blessings to all of you really do I like your video this long but it always seems nice to get to knowMore about you guys and your family.
Y'all are so fun!! I've been watching your recent videos and this video suggestion popped up and it was really nice to get to know y'all better. Keep up the great work! Thanks for letting us tag along.
We had a clue, after meeting on Yahoo! Singles (lol, remember that?). First date over coffee turned into 5 hours and "I have to go to work tomorrow," followed by a phone conversation to say "Thanks, I had a good time," that went until about 2:30 am. Married 9 months later, married 18 years this past February.
I also have had a wild and very eye opening life. I wouldn't trade it for anything. To be in the world and try to go the path that really was not intended for me I felt out of place and just unhappy in so many areas of my life. I thought it was the way to go. I have done so many things that I eventually went this isn't right. A nagging feeling in the back of your head. I know that you 2 are doing the right thing that leads to a life of real freedom. So many want but just can't see the truth of it all. You are teaching a generation that most of these kids nowadays are so lost. Real future leaders.
I knew right away. The very first time I met my wife. That she wad the one. Just her presence alone would give me warmth and throw me off balance in a good way. She was with another guy back then. I made sure to stay in contact every now and then but eventually lost contact. Then about ten years ago she was pregnant and left to her own devices. Through a chance of one in a million we met at her work. Without any hesitation I asked her out. Like flatout asked her after ten seconds of talking. Right now I'm pretty much the luckiest guy on planet earth. She's a goddess and I have a stepdaughter and a son whom I both love and treat as my own. Sometimes I look at my wife and I'm still trying to figure out how a goof like me was given this woman. I still don't get it haha. On a sidenote, we also plan to homestead, just not off grid as our country does not allow it through law and rules. We really like the channel. Keep it up.
College to meeting to kids to traveling to homesteading. THE STORY. DROPPING THE DIRT. Ashley was a trouble child forced to go to Bible College. You heard Jonathan's band and fell in love. You signed guest book. March 7th 2002. Went home for summer. Jonathan asked to date at the Goo Goo Dolls Concert. Kind of first date. Jonathan has to meet her parents and asked to marry her. Jonathan was pentacostal and they didn't know him, not too excited with the news. Drove back and proposed. Got married a year from the day they met, March 8th, 2003. Tiny apartment for a year. Bought first house right up road from Jonathan's parents. There for 5 years. Then looking for more than 1000 square foot house for four kids. Got 2700 square foot house farm behind you and then got developed. Feeling of peace and quiet at that house. Home schooled your kids. Wanted to go do things. Downsized from September 2014 and left May 2015. House sold in 12 days. Got huge 5th wheel brand new and used F-350 and set off on a grand adventure. On the road for one year. Got tired of RV neighborhoods. Boondocking on National Public lands and be set up for it. Valley of Fire at Lake Mead at night with your big rig and stuck in mud and then more rain and flash flood warnings. Crazy. Wow, friends came and pulled you out! Fantastic. Cool, invited to Zion National Park to boondock with other boondockers. Needed different set up. Work camp in Oregon for 5 months. Decided to renovate an airstream and worked on it at Ashley's parents. Went out on road for 3 more years. Love of Off Grid and peace and quiet and the desert. Nine months on property now. Animals. Wow! That's a story!
Sorry I missed the live stream but stoked to catch the video! Gotta love the back story to how you guys met and the tips of how you would have done things traveling (truck/trailer)! I'll make sure to stay tuned to your future "secretive" projects too! 🤘🏼
Beautiful story! Yes, when I saw my husband walk towards me my heart said “Hello, old friend, good to see you again!” Like our souls were already connected and together now 14 years and growing every day.
We met in April, my sweetie proposed to me in June, married in December the same year! This December it will be 46 yrs. We were so young but through it all we made a commitment to love each other, speak our thoughts in respect and always be truthful. We are still, silly and madly in love with one another.
When I met my second husband, I said uh oh trouble. That was in 1997. We've be together 25 years and will be married 20 years August 9th. Still hanging together. lol
The love story was great. I like the part where Ashley said she hoped for the goal of 10,000 subscribers. Lol You guys are now close to 100,000. You've come a long way you two. And it's great. Thanks for sharing you guys are both inspiring people in a positive way. 😁
You both have a great charisma on camera as I'm sure you do off camera. I'll bet longer video's and a bigger picture of what your hoping to accomplish will bring you more viewers, along with more adds. You also might want to reach out to sponsors for help and if you haven't already done the patron thing, you should get that started. You have a good story, and expanding on that can bring more people in, and your viewer base is family orientated which will also bring you a bigger base. The minimal life style is big right now so you fit in to the times. Myself, I plan to go underground. I haven't purchased my desert dream property yet but because of the heat and sometime freezing temps, it's smarter in my opinion to go down under.
My husband worked with my Mother and was a friend while he went through his divorce. Then he was gone a few years. We ran into each other at my Mom's business, renewed the friendship. He knew them but to not spook me he said it would be great to have a friend to hang with, without the pressure of dating or sex. I felt the connection too but not as strong, so invited him to help me with my daughter's 8th birthday party tomorrow? He said yes! We saw each other every day, were engaged in 2 months, married in 6 and were married for 30 years till he passed away. His 2, my 1 and 3 more kids, 16 grandkids and 2 great grandkids later, he was the joy of my life! 💞 Appreciate every day while you can! 😉💞
The wonderful things your children are learning as builders, gardeners and farmers are lessons for life, no matter what happens, they have skills for life.
Met online. We knew on the first email on Monday. First date Friday night. Date ended on Tuesday. Married in September. September 18, 2023 we will celebrate 10 years of OMG. We're both over 70. Life is good. Every day is Valentine's Day. Who knew? True love does exist. We can see in your faces.
What a small world we live in! My late husband and I moved from Texas to far northeast Tennessee in 2018, having never been there before. We ended up buying a house in Kingsport. We loved it there. But two years later, my husband was at work in Johnson City when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest and died. Thank my much for sharing your story and your lives! Such a beautiful family!
Just seeing this video, even though it's 3 years old. I love watching your channel. I met my husband our freshman year, I was 18. We dated a year, then he served a 2 year church mission before we married. 47 years later we're still going strong! 3 kids, now all in their 40's- where does time go??
Been watching for a couple of years, and I joined today. Love your family it's a pleasure watching the kids an pups grow up.
we were just saying you two are the best live! Your humor and the back and forth without putting each other down. Just refreshing and so comical. Keep doing you, cause your awesome. Definitely not boring.
I'm twice divorced, too, but I love to see people that find their soulmates and stay together. My mother says when she met my dad, she knew.
Been married twice, neither was my idea, neither marriage lasted. Not that I didn't try, I married each time with the intention of staying married for life. I love seeing couples who make it work. AM so happy for you both!
Me two. I Never thought “true love” excited for the likes of me. But I thought a partnership was doable. But it did not last, bad partners who did not put in 50/50. So I’m alone and staying that way!
I was 17, she walked through my friend's door and I knew it. Told her I was going to marry her one day, took a year before she said yes ...38 years later and three Beautiful daughters and four grandchildren.... you guys are rocking it....
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You're my kind of people can I come visit y'all I'll bring my dog Yogi can I come visit me and my dog Yogi I love you with which I did my name is Nathaniel Grant call me sometime both of y'all I love your family you're my kind of people
A year after you recorded this delightful video, you now have far exceeded your10k goal!
My husband and I met when he was 23 and in college, and I was 31 and going through a divorce. We met at his younger sister's confirmation, via his older sister, who was a new friend. I didn't even know she had a brother his age. Well, long story short, at the end of the evening, he told his mom that I was the woman he was going to spend the rest of his life with. Everyone, except his sister (maybe), was against it. That was back in 1993. Today, we have 2 amazing young adult children, one of whom is married to a wonderful man we absolutely love. And us? Well, we couldn't be happier or more in love. After almost 30 years together, we're living our happily ever after. Next steps? The kids want to buy land and start a family homestead, which led us here. We have experience with gardening and livestock, and we plan to build an earthbag complex, too. I'm looking forward to watching all your videos!
Very cool love story:)
Yes, love at first sight. We met & were married in 10 months. That will be 38 yrs ago this May. ❤ 25 & 28 at the time & now have 4 grown men. I would love to live off grid, especially now, but not the hubby, so I do what I can do on our little plot. I adore you guys. I'm bin-ging you right now to catch up.
😅🤣😂 I so love you guys! Nothing but pure down to earth Real!
Saw my husband one time I could not get his eyes out of my head we have been married for nearly 40years I love him more now than then
I'm not sure how I missed seeing this video. Love at first sight is a real thing! My husband and I met May 21, 1983, and got married July 12, 1983. We have two children that we also home schooled. ❤ love your story!
Nice story. I’m 77 and you remind me of my youth. Sweet life to you and yours.
I am watching this a year after you did this video. You both just make me smile. I appreciate your journey and the love I see in both your eyes when you look at each other! My hubby & I both knew on first meeting! Still have that special feeling every time we look at each other - pushing 40 plus years now! What you guys have done is absolutely amazing. The kids are absolutely precious! (And yes…Texas gets sooo hot! Have lived lots of years cuz I married a Texas boy. Hoping to find a cooler place soon..LOL)
Handeeman on youtube also lives in Arizona desert, is also doing things just the way he wants to to be self-sustaining. He has some good ideas, too. Love the relationship you openly share with us! You two are something special!!
I was a junior and he was a sophmore. He gave me one of the those papers that said " If you give it back you owe me a kiss, if you throw it away you owe me a kiss, if you give it to someone else..." He was tall dark and handsome and had the legs of a runner. I was a dork. We just celebrated our 42nd anniversary. At the wedding people were making bets on how long we would last. We fooled them. If you ask him when he knew I was the one, he will tell you it was when I held his hand on our first actual date to a Christmas choir concert at Bethany college with my parents, grandpa and little sister. And we still look at each other the way the two of you do. I was 20 and he was 19 on our wedding day in 1980. At the end of the day its all about choosing each other, even when you don't like each other. And it really helps to start with a best friend.
Great Iove story this wil shock you I went out and married my hubby in 11 days we had 37 years together before he died from cancer ❤️❤️❤️
You two are so cute, I really love watching you and your family in your adventure! God bless you always ♥️
Great story.
Been watching and just ran across this video. We lived in Maryville for several years and our daughter got her first degree at UT( 2010 ).
Faucet~~it’s amazing how many things are fixed by taking apart, cleaning and putting back together.
I just found you. I’m watching this a year later. I knew the day I met my husband that he was the one. I told my mom and she laughed. We got married 2 years later and were married for 52 years when he passed.in 2018. 😊🤗
Hard workers & amazing goals true grit & cute couple!
I almost had love at first sight. We "met" on eHarmony, had a face to face in Nashville, and realized we clicked. He came to Knoxville and that's when I knew and he did too. He proposed in front of my fourth grade class at Berean with Rae's covert help (co-teaching). Been married 15 years, one son, homeschooling, minimalizing step by step, so blessed!
I love your story. Yes, we both knew. We were married March 7, 1970. I was 21 and she was 17. Just celebrated our 54th anniversary.
Your Story popped up again and have to say that I LOVED hearing about your story again. You two are so sweet.
Great story. Zions is my wife’s favorite. We are from the south by way of Mississippi and Florida and now live in Utah. Love your channel. God bless
My husband and I are police officers of different departments. We met one weekend, and he moved in with me the next weekend. We have been married for 30 years and are now retired together and, of course, visiting grand babies
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3/7/23; 112k subscribers. You're certainly not a failure! If ever I needed a family to adopt, I could only hope yours (typ) might be available!
Keep going strong!
Look at you guys now with 117K subscribers and growing, well done.
Cheers
This is so nice for your children to look back on
Beautiful family story ❤
You all are AWESOME! I really enjoy watching you & your family. I've always wanted to go adventure more & live off grid. My health is hindering me but I'm hopeful to someday live more free & happily. I feel like I can live vicariously through y'all. Until I am able to live my dream. Thanks so much for sharing so much! God bless. 😊🌷
I admire you guys and Ashley you look so much like my daugther Penny it make me so lonely , I'm way in Québec,Can. and she lives in Casa Grande AZ. in fact both my daugthers , grand-kids and arriere grand-kids lives in AZ. I'm hoping to go see them in Oct. boundocking in a van with my sweetheart of 80 years.
Like Gene M said...it is the 27th of June 2022...and thank you so much for sharing your story...I truly enjoy watching your videos which I only discovered this year. I live in Arizona and I am hopeful to meet y'all one day!
May GOD continually bless your union and family. You both celebrated 20 years as a couple this year and will be celebrating 20 years marriage.
I'm seeing and feeling the love you have for each other. It's like you are still in the honeymoon stage. 🤗
It is the 27th of June 2022 and you now have over 70,000 subscribers, now that's not a bad growth rate well done and ty for your story.
I enjoyed this walk back in time with you!
2003 was a great year!! You are such a colorful and interesting bunch for having come from such solemn and sincere roots. It's fun to watch you develop your dreamscape. Thanks for sharing your hard work and dedicated spirit.
Not boring at all folks! Loved hearing how your journey started out!
I live in Kentucky so it's wild knowing you guys come from Indiana and Tennessee!
I'm watching now, with the benefit of time passage and a WHOLE lot more subscribers. From 7k then to 128k now, wow. I started watching when MLHS stopped posting very much, because they think you're wonderful and I liked you guys when they visited you. I just have to tell you that you guys are lovely. All the nerdiness, the way that all of you work together, your creativity, willingness to try new things, the attitude about failure being about learning...plus it's obvious that ya'll are so in love with each other after all these years! I always learn something when watching ya'll. It's much like MLHS, in that after awhile, you feel like family. In a sweet way, not all stalkery lol. Anyhoo...keep on keepin' on. You are delightful!
🦋 I am really watching this video for the second time. I love your story.
You too are very hard working and deeply committed in achieving future goals for the family
I can see your faces...you blocked the sun and that helped. You two are quit together. I can see the love you have when you interact..you are amused by each others remarks. Meant to be looks like. Continued best wishes
OMG; The Best For Last ~ you guys just flashed that 20 year old photo of you two! TOO GREAT!
MY MOTHER was the one that said "he will marry my daughter" as his family walked into our church for the very first time! Native Texan here and even we Texans hate Texas in August (and July).
Awww you are such a sweet couple. Your story is so beautiful.
Met my hubby at church. I was 16,he 17. I also knew right away I want to marry him when I am grown-up. This year we will celebrate 33 years together as husband and wife. We have three great daughters and our second grandchild is on his way.
We were 15 when we met. The night before--Halloween--was my family's first night in town. The next morning we went to a church pastored by a family friend. It was Homecoming Sunday with dinner on the grounds. A young man walked into the Sunday School room where my mother and I were eating, introduced himself and said, "Will you marry me?" and continued talking for a really long time. I thought something was wrong with him. After he stopped talking and walked away I said as much to my mother. We ended up getting married 3 1/2 years later. Three children, 4 grandchildren and 35 1/2 years later death did us part.
I enjoyed just hearing you guys talk. Fun to hear you guys discuss the past and what you’re doing in the future. I enjoy watching your journey
Awe thanks for the kind words. Means a lot to us. Hope to do more lives after this 30 days of Solar Shed.
Your story made me smile.
I just watched this for the first time. Y’all have come so far. You’ve blasted past you’re 10k subscribers goal. It’s been really enjoyable watching Y’all grow and build your lives over the last year. Thanks for the great videos. #FortheContent
Thanks so much! The last 2 years have been hard but amazing :)
Y’all are too cute, love listening to y’all. You could never be boring...Keep havein fun
Just saw this now, Great video.
At 19, I came home from a party and told my mum that I met the guy I was going to marry. I didn't even know his last name!!! I tracked him down and seven years later (he was slow) we married. We have been together for thirty-four years now and have three sons. He is truly my soulmate.
I’m watching on August 2022, and you have over 88k subscribers… little by little!
This was the perfect chat to listen to while I’m working. I hope that doesn’t sound like I was bored. I wasn’t! You made me chuckle and smile quite often. You two are fun.
Yep, was 100% sure on first date before we even had any significant conversation. Celebrated 35 years two days ago. And I’m still 🎶The happiest girl in the whole USA🎶. (That song came out in 1972 when I was 9 but I still remember it.) 😁
I LOVE YOUR STORIES AND YOUR SOULMATE CONNECTION ❤️❤️❤️🙋♀️
Wow 2 years ago you only had 7000 and now you have117,000 I do love watching everything you have accomplished. Keep up the great work :)
We knew ! Dated 2 weeks then engaged and married 1 month later ! 36 years ago!
I am watching from Marion Ny upstate Ny I love watching you guys and I love your dog 99.
I have been with my husband for 40 years
Thanks. That was fun.
All the things you’ve accomplished in such a short time. Love your love story.
I knew right away and did the same as you .. came home and told my mom.. that's the man I'm going to marry ! :)
What a sweet story. I love you even more.
He proposed on the first date we married 4 months later and that was 41 yrs ago. He’s still my Prince Charming
My first wife and I built our first house in 1980 for $52,000. Split level 1800 sq. ft. but no garage. 10 years later I built a 2 car garage for $39,000. 10 years made a huge difference in costs.
I am seeing this vlog for the first time. I have really enjoyed your journey to Arizona.
I knew when I saw his picture, we met online. Next year is our 10th anniversary.
My wife and I met December and knew enough for me to ask her to marry me in mid January and for both of us to decide to get married in December of the same year. We lasted until she had a year with colon cancer, had a final surgery, got the word that she was cured followed two days after the surgery by getting a surprise embolism that killed her. We had prayed that God would heal her and that we would have our 50th wedding anniversary. We should have asked for healing AND the 50. While we were going together, 50 seemed unreal but they were a goood set of years.
So sorry for your loss.
Love love love hearing you two laugh.
You guys are SO COOL!!!! I so wish we were neighbours!!!!
Now I had to 👍 cause I know what it’s like not to be around people! I hope you met your goal soon! Keep making videos 👍 thank You!
You two were the same age my folks were when they married. So cool you were able to homeschool the kids.
My parents met each other in March 93 and married a year and 2 months later, and have been together since. They are best friends and do everything together. If I'm lucky enough to find what they have I'll be blessed if not that's okay too.
This was an amazing video I love watching you guys. you’re just so easy to be around or to watch I should say. I love that you wanted to reach a goal of 10,000 and now I’m watching this video a year later and it’s almost at 100,000. Much love and many blessings to all of you really do I like your video this long but it always seems nice to get to knowMore about you guys and your family.
you two are awesome!!!
You guys so cute!!!
Y'all are so fun!! I've been watching your recent videos and this video suggestion popped up and it was really nice to get to know y'all better. Keep up the great work! Thanks for letting us tag along.
We had a clue, after meeting on Yahoo! Singles (lol, remember that?). First date over coffee turned into 5 hours and "I have to go to work tomorrow," followed by a phone conversation to say "Thanks, I had a good time," that went until about 2:30 am. Married 9 months later, married 18 years this past February.
I also have had a wild and very eye opening life.
I wouldn't trade it for anything.
To be in the world and try to go the path that really was not intended for me I felt out of place and just unhappy in so many areas of my life. I thought it was the way to go. I have done so many things that I eventually went this isn't right. A nagging feeling in the back of your head.
I know that you 2 are doing the right thing that leads to a life of real freedom.
So many want but just can't see the truth of it all.
You are teaching a generation that most of these kids nowadays are so lost.
Real future leaders.
I knew right away. The very first time I met my wife. That she wad the one. Just her presence alone would give me warmth and throw me off balance in a good way. She was with another guy back then. I made sure to stay in contact every now and then but eventually lost contact. Then about ten years ago she was pregnant and left to her own devices. Through a chance of one in a million we met at her work. Without any hesitation I asked her out. Like flatout asked her after ten seconds of talking. Right now I'm pretty much the luckiest guy on planet earth. She's a goddess and I have a stepdaughter and a son whom I both love and treat as my own. Sometimes I look at my wife and I'm still trying to figure out how a goof like me was given this woman. I still don't get it haha. On a sidenote, we also plan to homestead, just not off grid as our country does not allow it through law and rules. We really like the channel. Keep it up.
College to meeting to kids to traveling to homesteading. THE STORY. DROPPING THE DIRT. Ashley was a trouble child forced to go to Bible College. You heard Jonathan's band and fell in love. You signed guest book. March 7th 2002. Went home for summer. Jonathan asked to date at the Goo Goo Dolls Concert. Kind of first date. Jonathan has to meet her parents and asked to marry her. Jonathan was pentacostal and they didn't know him, not too excited with the news. Drove back and proposed. Got married a year from the day they met, March 8th, 2003. Tiny apartment for a year. Bought first house right up road from Jonathan's parents. There for 5 years. Then looking for more than 1000 square foot house for four kids. Got 2700 square foot house farm behind you and then got developed. Feeling of peace and quiet at that house. Home schooled your kids. Wanted to go do things. Downsized from September 2014 and left May 2015. House sold in 12 days. Got huge 5th wheel brand new and used F-350 and set off on a grand adventure. On the road for one year. Got tired of RV neighborhoods. Boondocking on National Public lands and be set up for it. Valley of Fire at Lake Mead at night with your big rig and stuck in mud and then more rain and flash flood warnings. Crazy. Wow, friends came and pulled you out! Fantastic. Cool, invited to Zion National Park to boondock with other boondockers. Needed different set up. Work camp in Oregon for 5 months. Decided to renovate an airstream and worked on it at Ashley's parents. Went out on road for 3 more years. Love of Off Grid and peace and quiet and the desert. Nine months on property now. Animals. Wow! That's a story!
Sorry I missed the live stream but stoked to catch the video! Gotta love the back story to how you guys met and the tips of how you would have done things traveling (truck/trailer)! I'll make sure to stay tuned to your future "secretive" projects too! 🤘🏼
Thanks for watching Adam!
Beautiful story! Yes, when I saw my husband walk towards me my heart said “Hello, old friend, good to see you again!” Like our souls were already connected and together now 14 years and growing every day.
We met in April, my sweetie proposed to me in June, married in December the same year! This December it will be 46 yrs. We were so young but through it all we made a commitment to love each other, speak our thoughts in respect and always be truthful. We are still, silly and madly in love with one another.
When I met my second husband, I said uh oh trouble. That was in 1997. We've be together 25 years and will be married 20 years August 9th. Still hanging together. lol
Your story is so much fun. Love listening and watching you.
You two work very hard!
The love story was great. I like the part where Ashley said she hoped for the goal of 10,000 subscribers. Lol
You guys are now close to 100,000. You've come a long way you two. And it's great.
Thanks for sharing you guys are both inspiring people in a positive way. 😁
Well here you two are with over 50k followers now! Congrats! Love your story! You are so cute together!
Hindsight is 20/20. You guys have done sooooo much right! List that haha.
I like the way you think. We spend too much time thinking about the wrong things that we forget to celebrate the wins.
You are too cute! Love you guys! ❤
hello from kingsport tn, love your show and everthing you all are doing :D
Your smiles and blushes tell the whole story.
We got married March 9,1985. Still chugging after all this time too
I’ve been following you and loved the story - could you introduce your children? You have a beautiful family and love what you are doing!!!!
You both have a great charisma on camera as I'm sure you do off camera. I'll bet longer video's and a bigger picture of what your hoping to accomplish will bring you more viewers, along with more adds. You also might want to reach out to sponsors for help and if you haven't already done the patron thing, you should get that started. You have a good story, and expanding on that can bring more people in, and your viewer base is family orientated which will also bring you a bigger base. The minimal life style is big right now so you fit in to the times. Myself, I plan to go underground. I haven't purchased my desert dream property yet but because of the heat and sometime freezing temps, it's smarter in my opinion to go down under.