Fannin Baby on the Way in Grand Rapids, MI

Kelley's little brother (Austin) and his wife (Amy) headed to the hospital today in Grand Rapids, MI as Amy started having contractions. Amy was due on February 15 so she is ready to have this baby. The new one's name will be Mikayla. We are praying that things go smoothly tonight for Amy...and that Grandpa Fannin can stay awake to meet his new grand daughter!



Kelley and I are having a quiet Friday night. I have been studying while Kelley prepares a wonderful smelling dinner. Here are some action shots of the evening!



Here she is making "Shepherd's Pie"...an English dish.

Here is me having fun on the computer.

And the final product!

We wish we could be in MI with our family to greet Mikayla...hopefully we'll meet her soon.

Beautiful Day for a Walk

Kelley and I went for a long walk this morning after church and we decided to take photos along the way. I hope you don't mind seeing a while bunch of photos of the area and of Kelley!

Those mountains in the background are named "the flatirons". They are pretty dramatic.

This is Boulder Creek. It runs right behind our apartment and there is a bike path that runs along it.

This is a pond along Boulder Creek.

Those are "red rocks" in the background.

More red rocks.

Now we are walking "back to town".

Kelley convinced me to stop and get her a treat at "Spruce Confections" which is a favorite place of hers in Boulder.

This might be Kelley's favorite restaurant in Boulder. Pasta Jays.

Now we are walking along "Pearl Street".

Yep, I was with her.

Here is a shot in front of Kelley's office.

Now we are back to our apartment.

RE Club Trip to Crested Butte

Our Real Estate Club is in Crested Butte, CO this weekend for a real estate project tour trip.
Here are some photos from the trip.

We arrived on Friday afternoon. This first set of photos is from day 1.

This my buddy Eric.


We have visited 4 different projects here in the town.

Here are some photos from Day 2.

These are some of my classmates. Kyle, Scott and Brian.

Design Competition is Over...

University of Colorado - ULI Real Estate Urban Design Competition...Dream Team!

For the past 2 weeks I have been working a lot with a group of engineering students from the Denver branch of the University of Colorado. That campus is referred to as CU-Denver. The guys I was working with are...

Tyler: He was our "vision" guy and he was in charge of compiling our final presentation.

Adam (left): He was our graphics guy. He knows the CAD systems inside and out. He introduced me to the quality music of "Tenacious D".

Carter (right): He was our "word" guy and he did the site plan. He lives in Boulder also and we got to enjoy riding down to Denver together on the bus.

Mike: He was our team leader, main pain in the $%&# and all around great guy to work with. He brought our team together. He is the kind of guy to says "exactly" what he is thinking!

Me: I was our financial guy. I learned a ton. I feel like I was able to put into practice a lot of what I have been learning at school.

Our team met every day at this building in downtown Denver. Our work room had some pretty nice views of the area. We were on the 7th floor.

Here was the team at about 4PM today...only 1 hour away from the submission deadline.

All in all it was an excellent 2 weeks. I learned a ton from the guys. They made me stretch and think about things such as: land use, personal space, zoning, parking, site planes, coverage, the feel of a place, vision, etc. I hope we advance on to the next round so we can work together again.

Thanks guys.

Confused Child...

I feel bad for my man Colin...the poor guy is getting mixed signals...his dad dresses him in a University of Michigan football jersey...his mom wants him to be a Grand Valley State University "Laker"...and his Uncle David hooks him up with an University of Colorado Buffalo's poster.

I have my money on C-dog being a Ralphie fan one day...should have been a Buffalo...ooh ah.