Photo of some buds...

We had a fundraiser for student scholarships this past Friday night. Kelley donated a painting for the event and it raised quite a bit of money.

Here is a shot of a couple of my buds (Eric - left, Scott - right) and I.

Nearly a month long hiatus from blogging...

Hello Family and Friends.

Wow, it has been nearly a full month since Kelley and I posted a blog. Man, sorry about that. The excuse I could use for being absent expired last night....but I'm not sure what Kelley's excuse is?

Kelley had a chance to visit our families back home about 3 weeks ago. Here was the main attraction, Mikayla Fannin.

Here are some photos of other people Kelley was able to see during her visit.

Last night my team made our presentation for a real estate design competition, but since we did not win the event we are pretty much done with major school assignments for now. I still have some minor work, but nothing serious. I do have that minor issue of needing to find a job?

Here is a photo of my team. They were great to work with and I really thought we had a good chance to win, but we didn't. The winning concept was "Agriburbia".

Today, is one my final responsibilites as the leader of the real estate club at school. We have a guest speaker from ProLogis coming in. The interesting note is that my internship last summer at AMB, was with ProLogis' primary competitor!

Last weekend, Kelley's friend, Elizabeth visited us in Boulder. Here is a shot of the ski bunnies.



That's it. Bye for now. Love, David and Kelley.

Kelley's tough day

Yesterday, Kelley had a new and difficult challenge. She was selected for jury duty here in Boulder and she actually served on a jury. She spent the entire day at the courthouse from 8:30AM until about 8:15PM.

A Visit from Texans

Last weekend we had a "surprise" visit from some very good friends from Texas. Actually, they are friends from MI, but now they live near Dallas. Lynnette and Jeremy Schroeder spent 2 nights at our apartment in Boulder. They got to experience some cold weather and snow on Saturday and some warm weather with sun on Sunday. It was very nice to have them with us for a few days.

Announcing...

...the birth of Mikayla Lynn Fannin.

Born 2/28/09 at 2:28pm.

A healthy 9 Ilbs 13 oz.

20 Inches long.

...and in the words of her father "really, really cool"

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.