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Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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We are on the waiting list!!! YAY!! We went to Charlotte yesterday to meet with Doris and spent about two and a half hours talking with her and sharing more about ourselves. It was a great visit and the best part was leaving the three Adoptive Family Albums and Expectant Mother letters with her! We should be on the CAS website in about a week or two.

Things are going well for both of us at work. Cathy has the Semi-Finals Reception on Wednesday for Wake County Teacher of the Year. She'll find out if she has been selected for the Finals (top 12 teachers in the county) on Wednesday night and she's already nervous about it. She had her observation at the beginning of March and didn't really get any feedback (positive or negative) about her observation. She wrote about it in her blog, so if you're interested in getting more information, definitely read her blog.

Steve is getting excited for the 3rd Annual Planet Earth Celebration with Burt's on the 17th of April. We'll be going downtown and volunteering, though we don't know what we'll be doing this year.

Steve is especially proud of recent accomplishments at work. His hard work and determination has helped lead Burt's to being a 100% Zero-Landfill company! That means that everything that they use each day is diverted to other places, and NOTHING goes to the landfill!! This is quite a feat and Steve is very proud of his effort, but also proud to work for a company that is able to do what many are not!

This weekend (tomorrow) we have our first Bulls game of the season. It's not the regular season yet, but we're going to the DBAP for the first ever game of the Bulls versus the Rays! A Minor League team versus their Major League Affiliate team!! We are going to cheer loudly for the Bulls and are excited for the forecasted 80 degree day tomorrow!! What a great way to spend the weekend!!

Last night we celebrated as we watched UD (University of Dayton) beat UNC (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) in the NIT College Men's Basketball Championship!! It was a great game and UD won 79 to 68!! It was a HUGE victory and Steve was especially excited. When on Earth would UD ever have the chance to play a power-house like UNC??? And then to win... it was amazing!! Steve wore his UD Basketball t-shirt to work today and proudly took his UD Flag that Cathy's parents bought him last year for Christmas. He is definitely soaking up the win!!

That's about all the news for us for now. We'll keep everyone updated on things with the adoption for sure. We were told that it could be very soon that we're matched, or a while. It's all a matter of what God has in store for us and we're asking for plenty of patience... and all the prayers that we can get!!

We've had several people ask about our registry (we're not having a baby shower), so we thought we'd put it out there again. We posted it a few months ago, but if anyone is curious about it here's the link again: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/baby/2JQYX39EHGS21.

We'll write again soon...
:)
The Walkers

Culture Day and more...

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Well Culture Day has come and gone for Steve and he is now left with a drum and a cold.



Basically, on Wednesday they drove on chartered buses to a remote location (45 minutes on the bus) and arrived to find several tents and one large enclosed tent (like a reception tent). As he got off the bus he heard drumming and everyone walked towards the drumming (inside the tent). There were drums on everyone seats and there was a group there playing drums and they got all the Burt's Bees people to drum with them.


The CEO got up and drummed and gave a "pep-talk" and then Burt arrived. Yes... there's really a Burt and he looks EXACTLY like the guy on their products.

At the end of Culture Day Steve was given his very own drum and on the top it has the Burt's Bees logo. He said that everyone was super excited and revamped. The ENTIRE company was there. People from Canada and Europe were there as well as all the employees at the Durham site.



Cathy went to her Math Trailblazers training on Wednesday and Thursday and loved it! She's so excited just to have a math program to follow. She met a girl named Katie that is new to Oak Grove (4th grade track 4). They had lunch together both days and talked about upcoming stuff. Cathy is excited to have made some new friends!!




On Friday we had to go to Fuquay-Varina to take our driver's exams. Here in NC you have to pass two different tests in order to get a license. You have to pass the sign test and then there's a test on the computer about everything contained in the handbook.



Steve called and made appointments for us (they suggest calling ahead to avoid long lines) and we had a 3:00 and 3:30. We were both pretty nervous about the tests. Different people had told both of us that the tests were hard and if you don't study, you will fail. One person that works with Steve told him that she didn't study and failed it the first time (YIKES)!!



We both got 100% on the sign test and then Cathy got a 100% on the computer test and Steve got an 80%. We both got our pictures taken and walked out of the building with new licenses! They took the Michigan licenses and didn't give them back... but we now have the official NC license!! YAY!!



This weekend Cathy has a lot of school-related work to do. She starts on Monday and is getting more and more excited. Steve got a cold from Yola and is now caughing and blowing his nose constantly. Not good :(



Maybe we'll post again tomorrow. If not, we'll try to get back on before the 4th of July. One week from tomorrow is our 1st Anniversary together!!! It's crazy how things change in a year!!



:)
Steve and Cat