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00:00Well, this is a weird way to start a podcast.
00:02I know we got something to share that's underneath this blanket.
00:08So we do we just do we just go right into it?
00:10Should we just share?
00:11I thought you said that was too soon.
00:13I think we're ready.
00:15Are we ready?
00:17Okay, guys, cue the drumroll.
00:19We're going to announce where we are moving.
00:22And because a lot of people have suspicions and speculation.
00:27Some people are saying California.
00:30Some people are saying Nashville.
00:32Some people have said Charleston.
00:34Some people are saying some someone said Egypt.
00:37Egypt, but one said Germany.
00:41So we cue the drumroll.
00:43We are moving to.
00:46Oh, my thunder up, dude.
00:57I don't know if I can say that.
00:58I'm still a math girl.
01:00Thunder up.
01:02Yeah, he made me wear this jersey.
01:03I feel like I'm betraying my state, my loyalty, my city.
01:08Someone killed a fattened calf.
01:09Your son, the prodigal son has returned.
01:12Some would say I cannot believe this.
01:16We I always thought my son would be a Texan.
01:18Everyone and their mom thought we were going to Nashville.
01:20Every listen, guys.
01:22We're not hopping on the bandwagon.
01:23We can make our own decisions, which also if you want to go
01:26to Nashville, that's fine.
01:28I think you should be allowed to go.
01:30Everyone is moving to Nashville, but it is it is the next
01:34hot thing to do is to go to Nashville.
01:37If you're an influencer and a lot of the comments were I
01:39bet it's Nashville because they're influencers.
01:41Listen, okay, we got we got to talk about this.
01:43We got to talk about why we got to talk about because
01:45a lot of people might say Oklahoma why Oklahoma where
01:50the wind comes sweeping down the plane like that seems
01:54to be all they know about it.
01:55They think it's a you know, a lot of people go that I am
01:59upset Janine who the pretentiousness of Dallas and Texas
02:04and you know, the amount of people we've said we're moving
02:07to Oklahoma and the dirtiest eyes we get.
02:09Yeah, they're just like, okay, Oklahoma.
02:12I haven't had DMS being like I'm really disappointed.
02:14You're leaving Texas like they just thought I would stay
02:17in Texas forever.
02:17There's a loyalty to Texas.
02:19I never said I'm from here.
02:20I get it.
02:21I am a Texas forever kind of gal.
02:23Trust me.
02:24This was this was not easy for me in the beginning.
02:28Let me tell you we got it.
02:30We got to go backstory.
02:31Okay, we need to rewind to dating.
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03:39If you don't know who we are.
03:40Hi, I'm Janine.
03:41This is my husband Caleb and we're Oklahomans.
03:43We are soon to be Oklahomans.
03:45We have our first baby boy on the way and this is the
03:49backstory in the story of why we are moving to Oklahoma.
03:53I wanted to say sorry made you wait so long.
03:55You guys are there was people that were really mad.
03:58They're like, why didn't you tell us sooner?
03:59Today's the first day.
04:01We are officially under contract.
04:03Yeah, so we've known we're going to be moving there for a
04:05while, but it's taken months for the for a house to sell and
04:10to buy a new house to prepare to sell this one.
04:13Yeah to find another house that we wanted to move into guys.
04:17The new house new house is amazing.
04:19We're so so grateful keep going into the backstory.
04:23So let me just rewind all the way to dating and then we'll
04:25fast forward again when Caleb and I first date first started
04:29dating.
04:30He was the first date.
04:31I think he said something like I'm from Oklahoma and I said
04:35just so you know if this ever progresses, I will never never
04:40move to Oklahoma.
04:42Yeah, and you were like bad.
04:44I'd never make you do that at the time and even six months
04:47ago to a year ago.
04:49I was like that the idea of ever moving to Oklahoma never
04:53really crossed my mind.
04:54Well, you were so we're done with Oklahoma.
04:56Yeah.
04:56So at the time I was like bad like no worries like I'm probably
04:59never going to move there.
05:03Okay, so guys Nashville was where we were going to move
05:08Nashville was it?
05:09We were looking at houses there.
05:12Yeah, we you know, Maddie Grant all of our friends live there
05:16to my best friends are out there his best friends.
05:18I mean, it makes sense.
05:20Yeah, why people want to move out there?
05:21I mean, there's faith family nature all of our best friends.
05:26I mean, there's amazing community every time we visit.
05:28We love it, but we get the hype when we were going to look
05:31at houses.
05:31There something just didn't feel right.
05:33It did not feel right.
05:34Didn't feel like home.
05:36And yes, we have a lot of friends there.
05:38It made sense even you know with what we do and I'm trying
05:41to get into law school, which I have some updates on that
05:44and it just it it never felt like home.
05:47And then when we had the bait or when we're about to have
05:50the baby when Janine got pregnant, you know, you start
05:53looking at your life, you know, you're missing we're missing
05:56so many memories with our family.
05:59We started looking at real estate prices in Oklahoma.
06:01Like if we sold our house here, yeah, and we were just like
06:05I remember I floated the idea.
06:06I was at the gym over over a year ago and I was like Janine
06:10what if you know, what if I went to law school in Oklahoma
06:15and you know, my dad went there my cousin went there.
06:19We could get a nice house.
06:20We're only three hours away from Dallas like what but what
06:22if and Janine said Caleb like you're shaking your head, but
06:27you you did respond like if that's what God has like I was
06:31open you're like if that's what God has but I don't think
06:33you thought at the moment know that that I would ever come
06:36to fruition fruition fruition and and then we went to we
06:40were in New York City with Maddie and Grant.
06:42This is the night that changed it all really should change.
06:45We should tell the story.
06:47Yeah, New York City Christmas Day.
06:50We're sitting there at dinner and they were in Waco and they
06:54were just like guys like Waco is amazing y'all should move
06:58and I and I was joking but I was like, I think I think we're
07:02going to move like move to Oklahoma and eventually after
07:06we said that like we kind of said it as a joke but Maddie
07:09and Grant were like honestly, like we could see y'all in
07:12Oklahoma like Caleb's from there.
07:15He could go to law school there, you know, you have family
07:18they were like that kind of makes sense baby wasn't even
07:21on the radar at this point because obviously both of us
07:23weren't even trying weren't even pregnant wasn't even on
07:25the horizon, but they were like hey based off our experience
07:29of you know, going to a smaller town just being really
07:33connected in a church like it has changed our marriage
07:36changed our life and we had been you know, kind of in the
07:38hustle and bustle of Dallas and Dallas has got very hustle
07:41and bustle.
07:42It's not small town vibes.
07:44It's not like the South really Dallas has gotten very busy.
07:47It's busy and not that at that time we were like, oh, we're
07:49moving but we were just you know, throwing ideas out there
07:52like what if we move somewhere else for his law school?
07:55Well, and we thought about going to law school in Dallas,
07:58so, you know, there's probably a lot of questions like why
07:59don't you just go to law school in Dallas and the honest
08:03truth is we would just have a way more help with the baby
08:06in Oklahoma.
08:08We I could go to law school there.
08:09My dad went to this law school so I would be a legacy and
08:13then you know, honestly we could buy an awesome piece of
08:17property where a bigger home where we could raise our kid
08:20in host and do a lot of things that we want to do but also
08:24like it's it's a new adventure and yeah, what started out
08:27as kind of like a talking about it in the air never really
08:30felt real until what the baby until the baby came.
08:35Oh, yeah, the baby changed everything.
08:37Yeah, it was like all of our because you and I like the
08:40city.
08:41We like we do we like the niceness.
08:43We love having things to do and you know, we okay.
08:47So I'll even go back to engagement when Caleb was like,
08:50hey, I want to go to law school.
08:52We were engaged and we were like babe.
08:55We could do anything like we thought we were going to wait
08:57two years to have a kid and so we considered Charleston
09:01School of Law.
09:01We considered Boston.
09:02We considered New York.
09:04I considered what was it?
09:05What about UCLA?
09:06I mean, we threw out a ton of ideas.
09:09My LSAT scores weren't high enough in a lot of those places
09:12which do you want to talk about getting that back?
09:14We'll get in it.
09:15Okay.
09:15We'll get back to that and even when we were engaged, you
09:18know, we went out to Charleston.
09:19We got our wedding bands while we were out there.
09:21We were like, let's go ahead and look at Charleston School
09:23of Law just because we were like, let's just go see what else
09:26is out there and even that just didn't feel right and literally
09:30you guys all that first year.
09:32Not that we were ever just trying to like not be present in
09:35Dallas and not live in the moment.
09:36But we always knew that we wanted to possibly move and start
09:40an adventure somewhere.
09:42We didn't know when that would be and with the baby it just
09:45changed things and we really really thought it would be Nashville.
09:48We prayed we prayed and we prayed and you know, it's funny.
09:51I did a whole episode on like why waiting on the Lord is so
09:53important that episode was about Nashville that episode was
09:57about us almost impulse buying to Nashville.
10:00Like literally we were like, let's just do your almost put an
10:03offer on how we literally were like should we just do it and
10:05we were like, let's just do it almost did it and we did not
10:08feel peace and it was great.
10:10We waited another year our value in our house went up a lot.
10:14Yeah, but yes, so much went into it.
10:17So I graduated and we were like, okay, it's now time to take
10:23the LSAT.
10:24It's time to you know, and this was this was the most difficult
10:31part of the process.
10:33This was so challenging and you and I were had a lot of anxiety
10:35about this was when I graduated we were like should we just do
10:41we full send it in Oklahoma with faith that I'll eventually
10:45get into law school there because we didn't know my LSAT
10:48scores.
10:48We didn't know we didn't know anything and and so we started
10:53the process of selling the house before I even took the test
10:57which I know some might say that's a little because the baby
11:00comes in May.
11:01Yeah, we were like, let's start this process.
11:04And so we started looking at homes there and it did feel like
11:07home and it felt it felt like it was the hard decision but the
11:12right decision.
11:13Yeah, and it felt like it wasn't the sexy decision, but it felt
11:16like the most beautiful decision.
11:19You know what I mean?
11:19Yeah, and I think to I told Caleb I never shut the idea down
11:24because obviously I made that joke.
11:25I said I will never never never move there.
11:27And I think it's just because Texans and Oklahomans like
11:30typically have rival like I went to Texas University of Texas.
11:33Oh, you is like my rival school and so is SM OSU.
11:38Sorry.
11:38I almost said SMU.
11:38Real quick.
11:39Can I say something?
11:40How mad are you that our son's gonna be born in Oklahoma?
11:42You know, I thought about that.
11:45I'm a little mad.
11:46Our son's gonna be in Oklahoma.
11:48But no, he's gonna come back to Texas at some point.
11:51I know but his birth certificates always.
11:52I know it's hard for me.
11:53I'm still trying to accept it.
11:55It's so funny.
11:56I obviously like joked and I was like Caleb.
11:57I will never move to Oklahoma, but I've talked about this
12:00where I said that the more that you pray to God to have your
12:04desires aligned with his and his will God totally again change
12:08my heart same thing with the baby same thing with moving just
12:12being open-handed with the Lord.
12:13I think is the best thing you can do and also just trusting
12:16my husband like Caleb really was like babe.
12:19I think this is going to be so good for our marriage and
12:22anytime I ran this by best friends where I was like guys,
12:26I think we're going to move to Oklahoma.
12:28I was I was thinking they were going to be like, why would
12:31you do that?
12:31And every single one was like that's going to be so good
12:35for you.
12:35I was like, yeah, what friends were in support and people
12:38were encouraging us and we had a lot of people just say
12:41how living in a smaller quote-unquote smaller town is just
12:46so good for family and for faith and for your marriage and
12:50we're still moving to like the city.
12:51We're moving to is a big city and it's not as big as Dallas.
12:56Yes, and to let people know we're not it's not Tulsa.
12:59It's Oklahoma City area.
13:02It's not in Oklahoma City, but it's in a different area.
13:04Yeah, we're not far from Oklahoma City.
13:06Yeah, and so it's still a big city.
13:10There's so much opportunity.
13:11The city's growing.
13:12If you look at like Oklahoma City as on the map, I believe
13:15it's in the top 25 biggest cities in America and it's just
13:19a ton of opportunity.
13:20I'm so pumped to get involved in the city in the community
13:23in church, but I did take the LSAT and I'm still waiting
13:29for hopefully I get accepted into the law school.
13:32So we really don't know there's a chance.
13:34I don't get into school there and that would just mean that
13:38we would just wait another year, which is fine.
13:40It's not ideal.
13:42I pray that I get in this fall, but if not, then yeah, it's
13:46I think he's going to get in.
13:47I really genuinely think he's going to get in and I know
13:49that might sound crazy, but we're stepping out in faith
13:52and truly like when I got God has been so amazing in this
13:56whole process every single time.
13:59We just prayed could God give us the go throughout this
14:02whole last year and a half or last year.
14:05God would say no, not yet.
14:06Not yet.
14:07Not yet.
14:07And I would always want to jump ahead or rush ahead or God
14:11what I want to move now.
14:12I want to do this now and God would just give us both nudges
14:14of like it's not time yet or even if God gave me a nudge.
14:18He would give Caleb not yet and then vice versa.
14:20There was times where you were like, let's just do it.
14:22And I would be like, I don't think now is the time God
14:25will confirm that to both you and your partner and you'll
14:28feel it in your spirit and doors will start to open.
14:31And so what started to happen is my heart was changing doors
14:34started to open things literally fell into place like you
14:38would not believe it.
14:40And I did this 40 day prayer challenge.
14:42It's the Mark Batterson draw the circle book and I prayed
14:45over this whole situation almost every single night and specific
14:51prayers for his score for where we had moved for the house
14:53for selling this house and everything that I asked the Lord
14:57for he gave and I journaled this morning and I was just like
15:01God, I almost feel undeserving of that.
15:04And I just said thank you Lord for giving us favor and blessings
15:07because I don't feel like I deserve that but he did anyway,
15:10and it just reminds me of Ephesians 3 20 where it says he
15:14will give you exceedingly and abundantly more than you can
15:16ask for and that's truly what I feel like he's done for us.
15:19Yeah, it did you cried yesterday and it's it is sad.
15:26Like Janine is I don't think you ever saw yourself moving
15:31out of Texas and go into your rival, but you are leaving.
15:35We do have some family here and this isn't an easy decision,
15:39but you've been so supportive of me my dreams, you know, law
15:44school is not going to be easy.
15:45If I get accepted on top of that raising a baby, we're going
15:49to be a team and I think we'll be surrounded by an amazing
15:53community and we're pumped up dude, like let's go like I'm
15:58all in I of course I grew up in Oklahoma.
16:00So I'm biased but like I love this city.
16:02I love everything about what it stands for and community
16:07and the Thunder like guys the Thunder are the number one
16:10team in the NBA right now.
16:11And we just have there were were in the beginning of something
16:17great.
16:17There's a dynasty brewing and I can't wait to look back
16:20and go man.
16:21We chose to move to support our team our NBA team are we
16:26move because of them we move because of Shea we move because
16:30of Jalen Williams.
16:31We moved because of these guys.
16:32I think I need to take this jersey off now.
16:35No keep it on but like I'm kind of I'm joking.
16:38I'm completely joking.
16:39We didn't move because of the team but it is fun to know
16:42that we're in the beginning stages of I think the golden
16:46years of Oklahoma and the the Roaring 20s and I think that
16:50we're going to look up in five years and go dang we moved
16:53here when no one like I think you're one of the first kind
16:57of big like I don't know anyone that's moved to Oklahoma
17:00City to be honest.
17:01Yeah.
17:01So like I really don't I don't know a single influencer out
17:04there.
17:04I think this is the start of a massive migration to Oklahoma.
17:11I think you are the beginning phase of what I think will
17:15be thousands and thousands of people getting on their wagon
17:20and hiking their way to Oklahoma.
17:21Think I have that much pull.
17:23I think you created a land run.
17:25I think hey y'all move to Oklahoma and be my friend because
17:27I have no friends out there that you have friends.
17:30I do.
17:30Yeah, but like Caleb just mentioned that I cried and I want
17:36to I want to just still talk about that because I feel like
17:39this feeling of your eyes are water.
17:41No, they're not stop it.
17:43I feel like the feeling of excitement and sadness can coexist
17:47and I can very much, you know, say this is a very bittersweet
17:51thing where I'm sad to leave Dallas, but it's so funny.
17:54I'm literally moving four years later to the date that you
17:57moved to Dallas that I moved to Dallas and so much has happened
18:01in four years.
18:01God did what he needed to do in these last four years and
18:05I'm so thankful but I am sad.
18:07I built an amazing community here.
18:10I got all my gyms.
18:11I got my spas my facialist my nail girl my hair girl.
18:15I am going to miss all my girls, but I also feel like Dallas
18:20has gotten a little too little Beverly Hills a little too
18:24LA if you ask me and I would say Dallas is not feel the same
18:29as when I knew it growing up.
18:30Of course dot and he said he's going to involve and change
18:33but even the last four years it's it's drastically changed.
18:36And I think when it comes to raising a baby, we're really
18:39excited to do that in Oklahoma.
18:40I think it's just more affordable prices of houses y'all
18:44way more affordable and you you bought this house at the right
18:49I bought it during covid, you know, so you were you were able
18:53to we were able to roll the equity over and get you know,
18:57an awesome.
18:58Yeah, Caleb didn't force me to do anything and we felt aligned
19:01and it feels right and especially when we house hunted.
19:05I just told him I said, hey, let's find the right house and
19:08then I will be so amped to go, you know, we need to tell that
19:11story.
19:12What the house story?
19:13Okay.
19:13Okay.
19:14Okay.
19:15Can I set it up?
19:16Yeah, you can you're good at setting it up.
19:17Okay.
19:18So we're in Oklahoma.
19:19We're like four ish months into looking at homes.
19:23We're going back and forth.
19:25We haven't found anything and our house is getting close to
19:28being sold and we're just like kind of we're getting a little
19:31desperate.
19:31We're like, is there any good houses that we really want that's
19:35felt like home that didn't need work.
19:37We looked for four months plus and just no house felt right.
19:43And there were so many times where we would walk into a home
19:47and you could, you know, we could make this work.
19:50We could do this.
19:51It's kind of like a relationship where you're like, I could make
19:55this work.
19:56He got all the bones.
19:57Yeah, like he's got this and he's kind of cute and if I close
20:00one eye and whatever, you know, but like every time I walked
20:04in, I mean, you should always pray for this.
20:07You pray and you walk in and you have a feeling that God's
20:10given you.
20:10I just remember telling, you know, Caleb's mom like when I
20:13walk in a house, I want it to feel like that feeling and the
20:18house that we have now out of how many houses did we look at
20:2230s, 40s, 20, 30 first house that I was like, I mean my heart
20:29like lit up my face lit up.
20:30I was like, babe, look at the smile on my face and you said
20:35no, I don't really know why I felt hesitant.
20:37It was a little further from my family that I was thinking but
20:41the more we prayed about the more we thought about it.
20:43I was like, you know what this house is starting to feel like
20:46home.
20:47Like I remember we were we were actually in Nashville with our
20:51friends and we were looking at the house on the TV with our
20:55friends and I looked at Janine.
20:56I was like, let's just put an offer.
20:58Yeah, and we I just kept showing our friends this house.
21:01It wasn't even our house and I kept being like guys look at
21:04the house.
21:04We're going to get and Caleb was like Jay.
21:06We don't even have this house yet, but I kept speaking almost
21:09as if it were our house.
21:11Yeah, and the more we looked at it the more you liked it and
21:14we are we I don't say we lowball them, but we definitely
21:19offered a lot less than what it was worth.
21:21Yeah, and he accepted it which is which was crazy.
21:25Well also one big factor why Caleb didn't want the house
21:28which is so valid and also I personally was trying to avoid
21:32this is the house has a pool.
21:35Yeah, it is a pool and for safety reasons, you know having
21:37a toddler eventually in this house.
21:40We didn't really want to pay for the maintenance of a pool.
21:43That was something that we were like, okay, are we willing
21:45to kind of negotiate on that and we did and now we're really
21:48excited about it because summers are very hot in the south
21:54and our house is going to be the hosting house.
21:56Like we're so excited to get to use this house to host
21:59Christmases families.
22:01I want to host church events Bible studies.
22:03I mean we said if we're going to buy a house we're going to
22:06use it to bless people.
22:07And that's also what I've done with this house.
22:09This house is literally a third of the size and we is it
22:14a third you think close something like that and we've still
22:19use this house to bless people and I think it's just an example
22:21of like not saying I'm this like amazing thing.
22:23But like I think a lot of people think that when I get there
22:26then I'll start sorting my gifts or then I'm going to start
22:28using, you know, doing what God's called me to do.
22:31And I think if you start with what you have now God's going
22:35to reward that and I'm not saying God's rewarding me.
22:37I'm just saying I've always had a heart to host and it's so
22:40cool that with this house.
22:41We really are going to have the ability to do that and but
22:45having a smaller quote-unquote smaller house did not stop
22:47me from doing that and but that house definitely has a lot
22:50more space than this one does.
22:52Yeah, and it's fun for us to be able to you know, I moved
22:55into your house.
22:56And so this feels like our house.
22:58It feels like we're we've built something together.
23:01Yeah, and that's like super super exciting and who knows
23:04what also another thing we're pumped out pumped about is
23:09honestly, like I feel like we're going to be able to post a
23:12lot of cool stuff more YouTube more podcasting.
23:16I can't wait to share the journey of going to law school
23:19and the baby and all these things moving logs decorating
23:23our house.
23:24Yeah, it's going to be it's going to be fun to be really
23:27exciting, but it's also going to be hard.
23:29We're going to have those nights in Oklahoma where we're
23:31like, what did we just do?
23:33You know, yeah, but I also think that the great reason why
23:36we want to move there and a huge reason why we didn't decide
23:39to move to Nashville is the baby and when I thought about
23:43it, I was like, okay, I don't want to be in a new city.
23:46My husband's in law school.
23:48You are, you know, eight to six studying at school, whatever.
23:53I'm alone with the baby also trying to do social media.
23:55We wanted to have help.
23:56We want to have family around and I'm so grateful for his
24:00family because his sisters both get summers off and that
24:03was a big reason to they were like, we would love to help
24:05you as much as possible.
24:06Your mom, your aunt, you cut.
24:08I mean, there's so many awesome family members in Dallas.
24:11I'd really only just have my mom.
24:14My brother has five kids.
24:16So like they can't really do much because they already got
24:18their hands full.
24:19And so it just made sense.
24:21Yeah, and this timing now feels so divine and it feels like
24:24it's making sense.
24:25And we obviously wanted to move before the baby came and
24:29we have three more months before I'm too large.
24:32We were like now's the time to go.
24:34Yeah, let's talk about Nashville.
24:36Okay, let's talk about because it is just funny how so many
24:40people thought we were going to Nashville.
24:42Well, you know in their mind and I totally get this.
24:45It's like the natural next step for an influencer to do when
24:48they start a family.
24:49That's like at least what I've seen online is they think okay,
24:52if you're a Christian, if you have kids, you're going to move
24:54to Nashville.
24:55I could see us there in seven years.
24:57I could I mean I get the hype which I feel like it's not
25:00fair to kind of stay in Oklahoma.
25:02Okay, I feel like it's not really fair to I guess condemn
25:07or judge people if they do want to move to Nashville because
25:09there's a lot of reasons but I get it like just like Dallas
25:12Dallas has so many outsiders that are moving in our traffic
25:16is insane.
25:18Our prices are insane.
25:19Everything's more expensive gas traffic.
25:21All that is insane.
25:22So I understand locals.
25:23They are being like stop moving to our state, you know, but
25:27I'm like there's enough room for all of us, you know, yeah,
25:30if we would have moved there there would have been you know,
25:34it's just funny people always have opinions.
25:36They go you just you're hopping on the bandwagon.
25:38It's like who cares like honestly Franklin and Nashville
25:41is some of the it is the I think besides Oklahoma like it's
25:45like my two favorite besides Oh besides Oklahoma City.
25:49It's like my two favorite cities.
25:50It's gorgeous and gorgeous California fix your taxes and
25:54we would think about it.
25:56Yeah, we were like should we do San Diego?
25:58And then again, we were like raising a baby there.
26:00You got to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to move
26:02to freaking California.
26:04It's expensive is so you cannot buy your dream home unless
26:07you're making millions and millions of dollars, but also
26:10I don't think I don't think I'd ever go back to California
26:12to be honest.
26:13It's too nice.
26:14It's like eating cake every day.
26:16California is 75 degrees.
26:18You need a little you need some 30 degree days.
26:21You need some you need some pipes to for I did need seasons.
26:25I missed seasons when I lived there.
26:27I love seasons and you know what Oklahoma has pretty good
26:31season there better than Dallas, but it gets cold.
26:35Yeah, someone said that they thought we were moving in with
26:38Maddie and Grant.
26:39That's so funny.
26:40I don't know if you think they'd let us in.
26:42No, we called Maddie and Grant.
26:43We said hey if we were in a pinch, but long-term no yet
26:48Nashville we looked we thought we prayed and God said
26:55no.
26:55Yeah, but anyway, we are what good I was just say like we're
27:02excited to bring you guys along with us because there's it's
27:07also first let me just say this feels so good to finally talk
27:11about we have been hiding this for so long and I had someone
27:15be like why did influencers take so long to ever ever share
27:19this type of stuff?
27:21Well a you don't want to say it it doesn't happen and be like
27:23you want to make sure everything's set in stone like
27:25contracts and it's very difficult when you share your life
27:28online.
27:29But when you have contracts and you have things that could
27:31fall through it's like you don't want to speak too quickly.
27:33It would be immature.
27:35Yeah, and you got to wait till the contracts it until the
27:38until the the signature hits the the the contract and the
27:41funds, you know, hit your bank account.
27:43It's never a hundred percent.
27:45And so today was the first day where it was what else what
27:49else are we thinking?
27:50Well, yeah, I just want to say like we're I'm just so excited
27:53about this house because we get to raise our son in this house
27:57and we're going to be there for a while and we may have you
28:00know, a second kid in this house.
28:01And so we wanted a house that had enough space for you know,
28:05babies and I work completely from home.
28:09So we need a podcast room and this house has everything that
28:13we need and we're so excited to show you guys the house whenever
28:17the time comes.
28:17We're going to do I think a house tutorial this week or next
28:21week tutorial.
28:22Yeah, baby.
28:23A house tutorial means how to build a house a house, whatever
28:27you call it house tour house.
28:30Speaking of building a house.
28:32I talked about this in the vlog.
28:33I listened to this song again today and I started I started
28:36tearing up a little bit.
28:37Yeah, there's this song called to build a home and the morning
28:42that Caleb and I went to go look at the house one more time
28:45before we before we put an offer.
28:47We drove up to Oklahoma.
28:48We were like we need to make sure that this is the house that
28:51we want because we were about to put an offer without even
28:54seeing it one more time.
28:55So we drove up to Oklahoma for just like 12 hours.
28:57We looked at the house in the morning that we woke up.
29:00I just kept hearing it was like it literally was it felt audible
29:04in my head.
29:05It was that song to build a home and it's like this is a place
29:10that feel at home and I got to here and I was like Caleb this
29:15song keeps playing in my head and I played it for us and we
29:17laid in bed and we listened to it and we prayed that God would
29:20show us if it was the house and it was and I listened to that
29:25song we ended and I got a little teary-eyed.
29:28Yeah, it's it's pretty surreal.
29:31It's emotional for me going back home.
29:33You know, that is super fun and exciting just to shine a light
29:38on this amazing state and shine a light that I do think Oklahoma
29:42gets a bad rap and I think we're like the little brother to
29:44Texas people always say you are sure but like in all seriousness
29:51there are some of the best people that some of the best churches
29:54the best community Craig Rochelle's their life church.
29:59And so we have a lot of great things and we're growing.
30:02I think like we're building like the tallest potentially that
30:04we're Oklahoma City is going to put in like the biggest tall
30:07or the biggest like skyscrapers in America.
30:10That's crazy.
30:11It hasn't got approved but they're talking about it.
30:13I still don't understand that.
30:15Yeah, look it up.
30:16It's insane.
30:17So we're kind of talking in circles, but yeah, I'm just man.
30:22I'm grateful.
30:23I'm excited to start this new journey with you.
30:26I pray guys.
30:28I need your prayers.
30:29I pray that I get into law school.
30:31It is we'll find out this week.
30:33Yeah, we should find out this week.
30:36The thing is is it's kind of what's the word it's kind of vulnerable
30:44to like talk about it because there's potential failure,
30:48you know, and it's like scary to talk about because it's not
30:51fun thinking about being known as the guy who it's like if I
30:55don't I don't get in everyone's going to know.
30:56Oh, he didn't get into law school, you know, he's not
30:58smart enough, but that's not true though.
31:01Regardless of what happens like I'm proud of you because you
31:04genuinely did your best you studied so hard and the rest is
31:09up to God.
31:10I was told Caleb.
31:10I was like the rest is up to God now like you did your part
31:13the rest is up to God, but I don't feel like that would
31:15happen.
31:16Yeah, I just don't and also if anyone like judges you for
31:19that.
31:20That's just ridiculous because at some point everybody has
31:23failure.
31:24Everyone has rejection.
31:24Everyone has knows I think it's more of my biggest fear is
31:28we moved to Oklahoma that I don't get accepted and then
31:31it's like dang like we kind of moved here for me to go to
31:34law school here.
31:36We didn't move there because of family and the baby and
31:39ultimately I'll try again the next year, but there's still
31:42that like fear of like dang that would suck not to get in.
31:46What if I and then I have these like intrusive crazy worst
31:50case scenario thoughts where I'm like, what if I never get
31:52in?
31:52What if I just moved to Oklahoma for no reason?
31:54What if we just bought this house?
31:55That's not happening, you know, I know that's where you got
31:57to get still scary.
31:59Caleb has a lot of friends in Oklahoma.
32:01So like we're not starting over like you have so many friends
32:05a lot of your friends have babies and a lot of your childhood
32:08best friends are there his whole family is there which is
32:11great.
32:11Like it's great because now I get to spend more time with
32:14his family and deeply know them better.
32:16Yeah, and and yeah, everything will be fun.
32:19Yeah, and if you live in Oklahoma, we're going to be doing
32:22some fun community events.
32:24We are for the OKC Memorial Marathon.
32:27We're going to do a shakeout run.
32:29We're going to have coffee there.
32:30We'll get to meet Janine get to see the baby bump.
32:34We're going to do a little I'm going to do the 5k.
32:35Yeah, we'll do like a little one mile two mile run take some
32:39photos sign some books do something fun.
32:42We're also doing doing a live podcast was the April 6th April
32:475th.
32:48So April 5th live podcast Dallas, Texas in Dallas tickets
32:55will go on sale.
32:56Hopefully this week.
32:57Maybe maybe they're on sale right now.
32:59Yeah, just stay up to date follow my stuff follow my happy
33:02and healthy page my account and we'll be announcing all the
33:05more all more details soon.
33:07We just want to get the date out so that you guys can either
33:10travel if you want to or just save it or budget.
33:12We don't know the tickets yet, but they won't be I think we're
33:16going to have two ticket options just one general admission
33:19and then the other one will do like a you know, a meet and
33:23greet VIP thing.
33:24Yeah, but save the day.
33:26We're so excited.
33:27This was actually on my bucket list before the you know before
33:29the baby comes doing a live podcast show and we're just we're
33:33just going to do it.
33:34We're pumped.
33:34We want to hang out with you guys want to meet you guys.
33:37And that was you know, some things have gone in my suggestions
33:40is just like you guys want us to do more live events and we
33:43want to but y'all it does require a lot of help and some
33:47prep work, but we want to do it.
33:49We want to meet you guys want to meet our community.
33:51We're just so so thankful for you guys and has been yeah,
33:55and we can't do anything without you guys truly and I just
33:58want to say thank you to you guys you guys have been so
34:01supportive and I like guys we see every comment we can't
34:06respond to every comment, but we see almost every comment.
34:08We see it don't ever stop.
34:10It means so much you guys have welcomed me in with open arms
34:15into this community and you guys been you know, yeah, those
34:19haters as people who said mean things but most of y'all are
34:22amazing.
34:23And so from every comment to every share to every like, you
34:27know, we're able to make this podcast because of y'all and
34:31it just and we do it for y'all and we can't wait to keep
34:34growing post some fun content and yeah, it's it's exciting.
34:39Yeah, truly like I've been doing this for so long and you
34:42guys have been with me on this journey of moving and buying
34:45a house and baby and marriage and all the things that just
34:48means the absolute world to me.
34:51Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart and I would love
34:54to just continue to find ways to give back to you guys this
34:58year and also don't we need to give away a book if someone
35:01guessed it right or was that?
35:03Yes.
35:04Yes.
35:05Actually on the podcast live.
35:07I'm going to read a winner.
35:09Yeah pick a winner because we didn't do this last time and
35:12if you win, please check the description and email me and
35:16give me like proof that that's who you are and we'll send
35:19you a piece of merch as well as my book becoming happy and
35:21healthy.
35:22Yeah, but it's on that last episode.
35:24JD.
35:26Is that JD?
35:27Yeah, JDS.
35:28JDS 1780.
35:31What'd she say?
35:33So excited for you to on this new journey as parents new
35:36city and new community prayers to Caleb that he gets the
35:39LSAT score.
35:40He wants and my guess is Oak, La Joma.
35:46Let's freaking go JD.
35:47We will DM us and we'll email us.
35:51Email the email in the description.
35:54We'll get proof of identity and we'll send you some some
35:57fun stuff.
35:57Yeah.
35:58Thank you so much.
35:59You guys also.
36:00Yes, if you're single you want to come to this live podcast
36:04because I'm going to be auctioning off three of my guy
36:07best friends.
36:08So if you come to the podcast you will be entered with a
36:10chance to go on a date or find your husband with some of my
36:15friends and so sign up and maybe get married.
36:20Yeah, who knows?
36:20That's funny.
36:21Yeah, you might meet your husband.
36:23We may meet your best friend or he might break your heart.
36:27I hope your friends don't do that.
36:28Maybe they're single for a reason.
36:31You're going to get so much hate for that from them.
36:34Yeah, they're going to send you a mean text.
36:37Sorry fellas.
36:38No, these these guys are catches.
36:39They're awesome.
36:41I recommend them.
36:42They're catches but no one taking the bait.
36:44That's true.
36:45That's true.
36:46Ain't nobody take the bait yet.
36:47Maybe on this show.
36:48They will get my guy friends.
36:50My guy friends cloud me so much.
36:51They make fun of me.
36:52This is my opportunity to throw some stones.
36:54So true.
36:55Throw some stones.
36:55They clown you a little too much.
36:57Yeah, they make fun of me.
36:58They hurt my heart.
36:59My soul hurts because of them sometimes.
37:01You got thick skin because of them.
37:03Listen, they are single for a reason but that doesn't mean
37:07that you guys can't be the woman of their dreams.
37:10I think you could.
37:11I think you could too.
37:12Yeah.
37:13Anyway, mark your calendars.
37:14We love you guys.
37:16We'll see you guys next actually in Oklahoma.
37:20Because this is our last weekend here.
37:21Yeah, we're going to we're going to film the next podcast.
37:23We're not going to be filming at all anymore in this house.
37:28We need to set the podcast equipment in the middle of the
37:30house.
37:30No furniture.
37:31I need to cry.
37:32Yeah, I show him the jersey.
37:34I did cry once.
37:35It's bittersweet.
37:37But yeah, so next week we'll have a good episode with a
37:40guest.
37:41I'm super excited about it.
37:42Stay tuned.
37:42But the following week after that we'll be in our new house.
37:46Love you guys.
37:47Thanks for watching.
37:48I'll see you guys next Tuesday for another episode of happy
37:50and healthy.
37:50But until then stay happy and healthy.
37:53Go Thunder.
37:53Go Mavs.
37:55Go Mavs and go Longhorns.