and the decision is.............

So many of you have been wondering what our final decision is on our move. Is it Kentucky? Is it California? I will tell you that this has been such a huge process for us and in some ways it has been made so clear which way we should go and in others we have doubted, questioned and have had to learn to really tune into and figure out the very quiet whisperings of the spirit.
Having said all that....the decision is
WE ARE MOVING TO CALIFORNIA
Now some of you will be thinking "holy cow, what are they thinking" We understand that because we have said the same things, asked the same things and logically thought through all of that. The Sunday before conference, Kris and I both fasted and prayed and asked for blessings to help us in our decision. In the blessing i received, the man, Brother Cantin, said "I feel inspired to tell you that you need to follow your heart and to do what makes your heart feel excited". So after trying to logically think things through I remember thinking "well, california is what makes my heart feel excited, but that can't be the answer, because it is what I really want" so I told Kris and he had told me that in his blessing that he was told that when he made the right decision, he would feel peace. We both were told that there was a specific place the Lord wanted us right now and that he would help us get there.
So by sunday night we talked and we both sortof talked ourselves into Kentucky and we went to bed. Well monday I woke up and I was so sad. I felt overwhelming sadness. I felt like I had just lost the best thing ever. I felt a hopeless kind of sad. I don't think I had felt sadness like that in a very very long time. I called Kris and asked him how he was and he said "i just feel kindof sad today"....whoa, what? I told him I felt the same and I said "honey, Kentucky is not the right decision" So by that night he was back on the phone with the company in cali and they came back with the offer we wanted plus a bonus to move with and some other perks as well. And all in all we will actually come out with a considerable amount more per month in our savings that we would have in Kentucky, as they upped the offer. We are truly blessed and I pray that as we journey to california it will be for many many years. We are looking to stay in Tracy, CA where the company is. There is lots of rural farmland around, almond trees, walnut groves, strawberry fields etc. As soon as we both decided to go for it, we both felt such peace and such excitement. We did have to stop often and be still and listen carefully and follow how the spirit made us feel. But all in all, don't doubt our decision and we will be closer to home and family and friends.
Our tentative move date is in about a week and a half, so wish us luck!
I will blog more as we get settled