Summer in San Francisco

Hello. Kelley and I are out in San Francisco checking out the idea to live / work here for the summer. It looks like that is what we'll do.

I have a summer internship at AMB Property Corporation. http://www.amb.com/

They seem like a good firm.

Here are some photos of their office location which is quite interesting as it is located on a pier on San Francisco Bay.

This is at the front entrance. The ferries that bring "commuters" to downtown San Francisco each morning unload directly to my left in this photo. AMB's offices are directly to my right.

Below...is a ferry arriving with "commuters".
Here is a view of Downtown San Fran, from the front door of the office.

This is at the end of the pier / office.

Mom Shirkey Visits us in Boulder

Kelley and I received a super surprise this weekend. My mom called and said she was coming out to visit us for Easter. We went to a sunrise service this morning and afterwards some church friends of ours had an awesome breakfast at their house.

This afternoon my "little brother" Alex came over to join us for Easter Dinner. Alex and I played some basketball and frisbree while Mom and Kelley prepared the meal. The four of us also went on a long walk together.

Yesterday, Kelley, mom and I walked around downtown Boulder and enjoyed some nice sunshine. This is one of my favorite spots to view the mountains behind the downtown scene.

Snow Surpise this past week....and NCAA time!

This past Monday we received a beautiful snowfall.

Here is a shot of the business school with the mountains in the background.


Here is photo of me in front of the business school building...Kelley dropped me off because I didn't feel like walking through the snow.



The NCAA tournament started this week. Unfortunately, my team, Oakland University, did not make the big dance this season, but I still had to wear my OU gear. Kelley and I went to a NCAA b-ball watching party yesterday at the apartment of a friend of mine.

A Little Press Coverage and What's New...

Kelley and I were in included in the most recent edition of the University of Colorado Real Estate Journal...the article was about our trip to Nicaragua. Not sure if you'll be able to read the article from this photo, but if you send me an email I'll send you the document. It was really good timing as this past week we had our Annual Real Estate Conference and about 300 real estate professionals from Colorado were given a copy of the periodical. Hopefully that will help me with my internship search!


Some of the news from our front:
1) Kelley has had a few book illustrating jobs since the first of the year. She is doing a super job and the company is very pleased with her work. Email her and maybe she could send you some images of the work she has done?
2) Our families (both the Fannin and the Shirkey families) are travelling to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina the final week of April. This is going to be an awesome week and I can't wait to have everyone in the same house...not to mention the fact that we'll be a 5-iron from the ocean (and a golf course for that matter)! Daniel and Amanda are not sure if they can make it yet, but we all sure hope they can. I've got some nephews to throw into the ocean...
3) My internship search is in full swing. I've got some good leads and hope to have official news soon. It's really fun to be looking for a job in a new field...I feel very fortunate.
4) School is going well, it is much more difficult than last semester, but that may also be due to the fact that I am working each Friday. My weekends have been totally school work.
5) Kelley is really, really busy. She is taking Spanish classes, playing volleyball, learning Yoga, illustrating books, fixing tents, painting (oil and watercolor), organizing a book club along with working on the Proper Name Version of the Bible with Dad Fannin.
6) I have a new leadership role as president of the MBA real estate club. I am enjoying the opportunity to work with my classmates.

I guess that is it. Life is treating us very well and we are so thankful for so many blessings (including you who is reading this).

Love, David and Kelley