VBS + Paperwork!

 Oh boy, I have been meaning to blog this week - but it was VBS at my church! What an amazing week it has been. I volunteered in the crafts area and it was an amazing blessing. Every morning I would be dragging my feet, I am NOT a morning person. But, by the end of the day I am pumped and glowing from the love radiating from all the children. God is so very good. I think they said that there were about 1,400 kids and like 500 volunteers? AMAZING. Although, trying to control that many children in a craft situation was quite...interesting! But we did it! (of course, they were thankfully split into five rotations.

 So the paperwork process is officially started and it is about 90% filled out! We are just waiting on the little things. For example, we can't find our birth certificates! I'm sure they are in a box somewhere from a move, and frankly I feel it would just be easier to replace them, rather than tear the house apart trying to find them.

We are also waiting on our wonderful friends to fill out the personal references for us. It's amazing how many people were offering to write ones for us! It really warmed my heart to know that so many people are ready for Charles and I to be parents and would be so willing to recommend us. What an amazing compliment!

So now I have this huge list of things left to do! But it's fun to check the things off one by one! I also need to set up an appointment for our fingerprints too!

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

- Tabitha

We're pregnant!...on paper.. ;)

That's right, y'all! Charles and I have made the decision to foster-to-adopt!

Now, most of our friends and loved ones know that the past two years have been a hard long struggle with fertility. I was diagnosed as having PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome). As soon as we found out, I entered into a million different tests, and was poked and prodded to no end. And after all that, I started taking a medication called Clomid that was designed to help us get pregnant. Unfortunately  that didn't work, nor did it get us close at all. Our hearts were broken and we were trying so hard to keep up our hope. 

I was so very against adoption for us. I told everyone that I did not feel called to adopt, and that it wouldn't be fair to a child for me to adopt without being ready, or having my heart all the way in it. I think it was also making me feel like if I chose adoption, I would be giving up on having our own. But, despite those feelings, I prayed. I prayed every night that if it was meant for us to adopt, that God change my heart.

And, oh boy, He DID! After meeting a wonderful woman at a birthday party and talking to her about her foster-to-adopt story, I felt my heart change. I know that sounds crazy, but I did. I felt the tears start forming and my heart filling with joy and hope. I was finally ready. I ran and found Charles and told him that it was time to start our journey. He told me that he had been ready for a long time, and was just waiting on me. What an amazing man, waiting patiently for me to be ready, not putting any pressure on me, despite being oh-so-ready himself. 

So we met with different people, called different agencies...and we found the agency we are going to use. And we are currently filling out the PILES of papers and getting our documents in order. These are the parts that will only be shared on this blog, not on Facebook. I will delve deeper into our journey and ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we start. 

We are so excited, and we are so happy to get to share this journey with our friends and family! 

Tabitha 
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” Mark 9:37

Meet the Nunnallys!

Welcome to our family blog! If you're following us, it's probably because you're our family or one of our wonderful friends. Either way, we are so happy to be able to keep you posted on our lives via this blog!

So many things in our lives are always changing, and these wonderful things we want to share with the ones we love! This blog could contain all kinds of things we are doing: life, crafts, cooking, the list could go on...

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So what's some news to share?

Well, we are moving! Charles will start working out of  Del Rio in September, and as soon is our lease is up, we are moving to Uvalde. Where is Uvalde? It's an hour from Del Rio, and an hour and a half from San Antonio. We didn't want to make the full two and a half hour move all the way to Del Rio, so we settled somewhere in the middle!  We are excited, nervous, and sad all at once. But, the good news is that we won't be too far from San Antonio and we can visit our friends and family all the time. Also, we will be sure to have a place with PLENTY of room for people to visit... BONUS: We will only be 30 minutes from the river.

Anyways, this post will get us started - and I'm sure our lives will bring many more things to post about!

- Tabitha
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15