wild stories pt 2: almost dying, house fire, and more
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2023
- In this episode, we continue our new series where we tell our wild stories! In part 2 we discuss a hiking trip to the Grand Canyon that took a bad turn, Andrew's family house fire, and the biggest argument we've ever been in. Leave a comment below if you're enjoying this series and tell us one of your wild stories!! We love hearing from you guys and don't forget to follow along at couplethingspod on Instagram!
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Please do a part 3! This was so good! I love hearing these types of stories!! 😊
Don't let this series end with just a part 3. Y'all are really good storytellers and it seems like you have enough stories and ideas for stories to make it a regular thing.
Hey Shawn! I’ve been binge watching the podcast and loving it. In one of them you mentioned that there’s no way you’d put your oxygen mask on first, and I just wanted to pass on what my brother told me when I said that. He told me that actually the reason they tell you that is because without oxygen you’ll pass out long before you’re injured. So if you child passes out for a sec while you get yours on, they’ll be fine. But if you pass out while getting their’s on, you’ll both be in trouble. That made me feel a lot better so wanted to pass it on to you :) thanks for the great videos, guys! I love watching you all.
Shawn I am old enough to be ur Mom. After hearing ur story on ur GED. I just want to HUG you and say how proud of you we all are. So happy Andrew pushed u and had u take it. It sucks that all ur HS stuff was lost.
I'm 65 years old. I started college when I was 18. I had an opportunity to go back to school and take on line classes. I am now a senior and working toward my Bachelor in Science.
The house story is absolutely insane! Like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.
I can relate to the GED story and the fears involved. I had to leave HS due to some very negative social reasons when I was 16. 4 to 5 yrs down the road I was married and a mom. My father in law whose big on education kept gently pushing me to take the test. He'd purchased a great big prep book for me and I didn't want to dissapoint him so, I finally decided to do it. For 2 mo's I got up early every morning and studied from 5 am till 7 or 8. Despite all the studying I almost didn't go, I was so afraid of failing and feeling stupid. This was back in 1991 so, it took nearly a month to get the results by mail. To my great surprise, I not only passed, but did so with flying colors. The results are your percential ranking against graduating HS seniors given the same test. My lowest score ended up being in math where I was in the 86th percential, but everything else I scored in the 98th and 99th. I was so grateful my father in law gave me that push. I'd felt a lot of shame about not finishing HS so, when I not only passed, but did so well in all 5 subjects, it provided a definite boost to my self confidence.
Shawn, I had the same experience with education!!
I completed a full and complete educational course, years later I asked for my transcript. The school had gone out of business, didn’t retain files, and had no way to provide my work and my accomplishment.
Discouraging as that was, it fueled me to pursue my dream - attaining my Pilot’s license! Accomplished!! Passed my check ride, attained my PPL on 12/13/2021!
I now have a job in aviation, I married a multigenerational aviator and now realize how small a setback that was.
I love that you shared the vulnerable place you were in at that time, exposing insecurities that I too experienced at one time in my life.
As a strong women, it can be difficult to lean into another human when the weak spots surface. Keep appreciating the gift you have in Andrew!!
And keep strong in beings a warrior for those you love! I’d carry my man on my shoulders up the Grand Canyon if I needed to hahahaha
You two are so great! Stay close, love eachother like crazy and thanks for sharing what you do in such a real way! ✌🏻🤟🏻👌🏻😊
I’ve watched a couple podcasts with couples and I just can’t find another one where the couple’s conversation flows SO well- I love you guys! ❤ also, congrats to Shawn on passing the GED without studying! Holy moly that’s impressive!
These have honestly been my favorite vlogs from y’all! Lol! Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing the “real” of life!
Ellie is adorable! It's wonderful that Guppy and Ellie get along so well! 😊❤️
I love how Shawn doesn’t get all dressed up n dolled up. Just get the work done! So relatable as a mom to 2 small children. I’m sure the kids look great but mama never has time❤️Love you guys so much!
So true. I think she's beautiful without makeup. Stunning with it. She does love being Mama.
And to piggyback on the previous comment... I'm old enough to be your grandmother and am a retired teacher (32 years .... 9th grade).... I give you ALL the credit for pursuing your education through trying conditions. Not everyone would have such anxiety and guilt thinking they weren't good enough. Kudos to you ... and Andrew for throwing you over his shoulder! My feeling is it's not about the degree completion.. it's about the journey and the effort. You've accomplished both.
Wow !!!! 😦
These ARE some wild stories.
Thank you for sharing.
Way to go, Andrew !
The way you stepped up and drove Shawn to get her GED ...
🥲
What beautiful love. 💞
By the way ...
My daughter's name is Sabrina. 💜
I live in Utah and was a recreation guide outside of Zion National park for a few summers - seriously everyone needs to learn from this story! I'm glad you two made it out okay! So many people die or nearly die hiking in AZ & UT at all the amazing parks because they don't know what hiking in a desert is really like. Take so much water, food, maps, first aid gear, and train before doing something big like the Grand Canyon.
Love hearing your stories! Knowing what I do about heart stroke the Grand Canyon hike was scary! Glad Andrew didn't die.
If an Olympian and a professional football player had that experience in the Grand Canyon I cannot imagine how hard that was. You two are beasts...
Love these story times with ya’ll!!!😍
I love you 2…part 3 please!❤
I positively loved that Andrew is so cognizant of your feelings and what you are ready and comfortable talking about. You guys are a great team. Truly you are. The way that he reached out to grab your hand to give you support, warmed my heart. You have someone very special there. I've been married for 45 years and wish that for not only myself but for so many other women who don't feel valued or heard. Way to go guys.
Anxiously waiting Part 3! You two rock!
Absolutely love y'all's wild and any stories for that matter!
I love hearing your stories. I can’t wait for the next one. I have listened to both of them.
Keep the stories coming! They are so fun!
I love listening to y’all’s stories
Ok cannot wait for part 3!
LOVE THESE!!! Keep em coming!
Love story time with Shawn and Andrew....please continue! Life is full of learning lessons, you have proved that. We get wiser and more ourselves by surviving and thriving through them, God willing....HE is so good to stand with us. Admire the love and devotion you two have for each other. Thank you for being real and genuine. Blessings to you and your beautiful family.
Love this séries! I'm totally for a part 3!🤩
Love these!! Please keep telling them. You guys have lived a life at a firmly young age
This is so cool to hear your stories. You both complement each other so well.❤❤❤
I love these wild stories times. Please keep doing them forever. And good luck for both of you going for a higher education or anyone that has that desire to do so. Blessings!
I adore you guys! I strive to be better because of my children and because of you guys! ❤
Shawn your foot in the front of the camera is killing me I was laughing when I saw it. :) LOVE that this is like a sit down convo! :)
Well, she IS pregnant, after all. 😉
I love y’all so much! Y’all are such good parents and a beautiful couple ❤❤
I love these episodes! Also thank goodness for Andrew pushing you to do hard things! That's such a great quality to have in a partner ultimately pushing you to be better than you would be without!
I'm excited about this! I love yall!!
Love your stories!
I'm loving this!
I love these stories. Please, more!
Amazing life experiences! God has definitely been with you and He has richly blessed your family and your relationship!
These episodes are my favorite❤ I remember the Grand Canyon episode! Long time follower
I finished the dating series in like 3 days on my drive to and from work and I’m all here for the wild stories!! Please do a whole series!!
Excellent show Andrew! So good meeting you this week man!
Keep the stories rolling!
Love watching them ❤
Love these stories
That was fun! Another episode please:)
I just Love you guys...😊😊
Thanks so much for Sharing....
Relating a little to your hiking story! lol love y’all
Cute I love y'all so much that last story about the GED test was so sweet
I went to school in New Mexico southwest and grad school in the east coast as an adult learner. It is not the normalized road but it is my road. And I am proud of those accomplishments.
I love your stories lol 😂
Love it.
I worked for insurance in the past and that is a common way houses catch fire. I’m sorry. Glad it turned into a positive event. Most people aren’t that fortunate. Your stories are interesting! So glad you made it out of the Grand Canyon!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE STORY TIME WITH YOU BOTH!!!!!!
Shawn I watched all your gymnastics. I bragged about you. I watched DWTS & Celebrity Apprentice. I'm sorry about your schooling pit falls. Losing your records. No remote school. Both of you have been through your share of down moments . I celebrate you both for keeping on. I watched the Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby. Again, awesome. 🎉. You didn't allow yourselves to go to far. Love you ❤
enjoy it very much
Shawn, I wish you had someone to advise you about your GED test concerns before testing. I taught adult education for 29 years, so I had access to practice tests , so when my children reached 8th grade I administered the test to each of them with no preparation. They passed with high percentages. If you had studied, you would likely have had a perfect score! The number of questions needed to pass is about 65 percent. Unlike the majority of students who take the GED test, you would have been well-prepared without any studying!
Keep up the good job Andrew. I knew you were smart. I didnt know that smart. Excellent to soon be Dr. Of whatever your field is. Business/Artichet.
#Replay Great watch as usual ❤❤
I once hiked the 6.1 mile loop of green mountain in boulder and it was the most poorly thought out thing I've done. I anticipated going on just a short morning walk so I didn't bring or drink any water prior. I was rehabbing my torn ACL and studying for the bar. I got over the first hill and was like "one more probably wouldn't be a mistake." It was a mistake. I have never felt that thirsty in my entire life.
Went back and watched the two Grand Canyon videos. It looked horrible. You both were burned. I felt so bad for you!! Yet I found myself laughing when Shawn was looking straight at the camera saying, " Don't EVER DO THIS"
I remember watching this video and thinking you guys are nuts and are going to be in trouble. I have hiked the canyon 7 times and did run to rim once and it took our group 22 hours. We also trained a year each time, most of them staying at the bottom for at least 4 days. You are lucky you made it and it was not so much worse.
I can only imagine how mad and upset you were, also if they went out of business the Board of Education at least should have the records. Oh, so frustrating.
Done the canyon rim2rim twice non stop in both times I finished at 9 hrs and 15 minutes the last 3 miles switch back is the killer specially if you did not prepared/trained.
Wait…if the program was accredited there would have been a third-party clearing house holding onto the transcript records, such as Parchment or National Student Clearing House or eScrip-SAFE, for this exact reason. Maybe check with them.
As a person who hiked the canyon twice...I don't recommend your way. You are so lucky
However, super great stories. Feels like we are swapping stories around family night!
We live in Huntsville
Love you guy's everything go's planned for you guys trying do the thing you ever end up with one day and stay down there all day and come back that same day can be able help out people with Marriage that's great what your family is doing OK you true bout not all romantic all time love that bout guys 😀 😊 ❤️ Thanks for all you do just take vitamins every day Beyond any of these you say are best where do get them Thanks again for all you doing
Sorry texting not best love you guy's everything ❤️ Thanks
37:18 '..and I build up the courage to _broach_ the subject..' _not_ *'breach'*
Please don’t tell me you won’t tell a story because of Trump? That’s upsetting honestly, the world of being scared of being cancelled, it’s sad .
Ok so I HAVE TO say this go to about 40:12 ish in after Shawn says There's no way in hell I passed and Andrew says something....Shawn looks back at the camera....and all I can see is DREWS face...she looks exactly like you the expression...so cool thought u may want to save it
I'm sry me bein a animal lover but him saying only thing we lost was our cataybe I'm takin it wrong but that didn't sit right for me
He's saying that was the only important thing that was lost.
No Grand Canyon for this chick lol 😅 I’d never make it back for real. Lol
Shawn had every reason to be upset and prideful on them losing your paperwork in your high school diploma. Sorry but after 12/13 yrs of going to school everyone deserves that diploma automatically for free and not pay for it. That should have been given to you. On the college side from where you sit today and how successful you are. I wouldn’t waste your money unless it’s going to be used for something. I may be wrong but I watched a family member bend over backwards to be the first person to gain a degree in her family but guess what, she owes over 100k now to college and her job did not change at all since she and her husband own their own business. Not worth saying I’m the first to get a degree from college in my family when your stuck paying all that money for a piece of paper and not utilize the degree for anything. I get it if you have already paid into college and are close to finishing otherwise if it’s not needed why break the bank over it. Unless your employer offers tuition reimbursement that’s another good reason to get it on their dime.
Be in this world, not of it…
Another time you should have gone to the hospital.
Kaibab is pronounced "ki-bab" not "ki-bob"
💪🏽🦸🏼♀️🏋🏼♀️🦸🏼🌄Forgot the Olympics, forget the NFL, you two are out of this world! Living, breathing super hereos! Moral of the story, you two stop making crazy life ending decisions last second lol 😅
Ha! Love the grand canyon story. Welcome to AZ 😎 the dry heat sneaks up on you. Have to be really careful. The signs arent for decoration we have so many deaths here in the summer time (usually hikers 🥲). See, humid weather you feel gross the entire time. But dry heat, you can still do stuff in an kinda feel ok. You sweat and cool. Until you dont. You go from feeling ok- to - not ok in minutes. And for whatever reason it hits taller people more than shorter adults. Kids though perish quickly dont take them out in our heat. Love your vids!