Some photos of our new place.

So, here is the little house we are renting. It is not much, but we are thankful. It is in a very nice neighborhood and surrounded by beautiful homes. Kelley is pretty happy to have a small yard and some plants, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if she puts some work into the front yard. If you walk by at night you might see my head in that upper left hand skylight while I'm taking a shower. I promise not to splash.

Turns out someone I know lives right next door.

You can see my bike out front. Today is "bike to work day" so I got up and went for a ride at about 6AM to go track down a bunch of free food. I came back with a full tummy and a load of granola bars, cereal samples, yogurt, water bottles, etc. It was pretty neat. There are about 30 spots in Boulder to get free stuff this AM.

We moved today

Kelley and I moved today. A few of our friends helped us.

We are now located at:

2341 21st St

Boulder, CO 80304

The biggest surprise for me today was that I can see outside onto the street from our shower. We have a skylight in the bathroom and I basically can look down at the street. Feels good to have the fresh air coming in.

Our Weekend in MI

We had such a nice time in MI this past weekend. We love to be around our families and we love when our families get together as we did at my parents house on Sunday. We were able to celebrate 4 birthdays and father's day.

Some of the highlights (for David) included:

- being kept out late by Kent and Marilyn on Saturday night

- going to Karter and Micah and Colin's sports games

- hanging out with my cousin Andrew

- meeting my new niece, Mikayla (Austin and Amy's daughter)

- having my family and Kelley's family together all day on Sunday

Here is a photo of Kelley and I being kept out late by the crazy couple...

Flying Home Tonight!

Wow. We are excited with a capital E!

Tonight we fly to MI to spend 3 days with our family. All our family is getting together on Sunday afternoon at my parent's home (even my new niece Mikayla, from Grand Rapids, will be there).

Mom and dad Fannin will pick us up tonight.

Tomorrow we will have breakfast with Mom and Dad Fannin. Then have lunch with Uncle Mark and Aunt Karyn. Tomorrow night we have dinner with Kent and Marilyn.

Sunday morning I have an early morning breakfast "business" meeting with my dad and my little brother (Daniel). Sunday afternoon is the party. Sunday night I'm meeting my cousin Andrew for sodas in Adrian!

Monday I am meeting some buddies for breakfast, have some business meetings at Orbitform, then we go to the sports fields at Ella Sharp Park to watch the amazing sporting events of the evening. Micah and Colin playing soccer and Karter playing baseball.

Wow.

The sad thing is that we do have to depart on Tuesday morning...very early...but, guess what, my mom is coming back to Boulder with us!

Then when we get back we'll start preparing to move out of "on campus" family housing to a new place across town. I can't stress how "ready" Kelley is to get out of cement block walls and have a little yard with some outdoor seating...it's the little things!

Bye for now.

David and Kelley

A bit of exploring today

Kelley and I took off after church today to explore a bit. We headed down to Golden, CO and drove to the top of Lookout Mountain. At the top is Buffalo Bill's grave. Kelley said her family visited this spot about 15 years ago she figures.


We drove along a scenic route for 45 miles or so. We came across this herd of Buffaloes.

We'd never visited the famous "Red Rocks" ampitheater before today. Sure seems like an excellent place to see a concert.

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Short Trip up the Mountain

Kelley and I took a short drive this evening to have dinner in Nederland, CO. We have driven through Nederland but have never stopped for anything. The city sits about 10 miles west of Boulder (as the crow flies...about 20 miles driving) and is at an elevation about 3,000 feet higher (8,300 feet) than Boulder. We enjoyed the cooler air and had fun walking around the small "mountain town". The lake you see is actually a man-made resorvoir that is the source of Boulder Creek.

Boulder creek runs along the road all the way from Boulder to Nederland and this time of year the creek is running pretty high. It is very pretty to see the rapids.

Probably half way between Boulder and Nederland is Boulder Falls.

Just driving up to Nederland is beautiful due to all the high walls of the canyon that surrounds the road.

We want to remind our family and friends that everyone is welcome to come visit us and stay with us. It is a nice place to visit since there is so much to do so close to our apartment and you can just stay with us...so it can be affordable also.

For example, Kelley and I hiked up this small mountain (Mt. Sanitas) before work this past Monday...

and I hiked up this trail (Anemone Trail) this morning...

Visitor

One of my dad's best friends was in town last night. Woody was flying his private plane from Texas to his home in Idaho. He stopped in Denver for the night so we had to chance to have dinner with him in Boulder.

It was super fun to catch up with Woody. He has recently began operating a convenience store in McCall, ID. Kelley and I hope to visit him there later this summer.