Wii have a winner!

Lisa Vanderwiel of Eagle is the winner of the Wii given away after the St. Luke's Women's Fitness Celebration! At the Virtual Home at last month's Women's Show, we invited people to fill out a raffle form and the Fitness Celebration staff pulled Lisa's entry at random out of a bag containing all 1,500 entry forms. Lisa is a Mortgage Loan Officer with US Bank and we hope she enjoys her Wii and Wii Fit package.

Congratulations, Lisa, from all of us at Ted Mason Signature homes!

See Spot Walk was a blast

Aside from block parties at my communities, I haven't sponsored events. In the last month, Ted Mason Signature Homes been a major sponsor of two: The St. Luke's Women's Fitness Show and See Spot Walk.

See Spot Walk is a major fundraiser for the Humane Society of Idaho and was held at July Davis Park last Saturday. Lisa Sawyer of DIY Planning and Consulting and friends made a human-size doghouse, which drew about 1,000 people during the day. I and other company representatives greeted people, gave them a dog biscuit, a chip clip and information on TMSH. Dogs are popular with our buyers and our developments have sidewalks, pathways, parks and fenced yards to make them pet friendly, so See Spot Walk was a great fit for us.


Doing events and meeting people is lots of fun. Here, Elle Starr with Alexander and Associates marketing helps me find enough chip clips.

I have built around 800 homes since 1991, but this is my first dog house!

Vinny Johncox helped lure people inside the house to pick up their dog bone.

Happy to be in Kuna

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Walnut Creek grand opening last week! About a hundred people, maybe more, came out during the afternoon to enjoy free food and classic country music by the Dan Sevy band of Marsing. We were able to show off our two model homes. Kuna has been trying to attract a more diverse selection of housing, especially homes a notch above the typical starter homes, and we are proud to be building in Kuna. The Kuna-Melba News also has a great story on the event here.


Our ribbon cutting included (from left) myself, Steven Schrader of TMSH, Kuna Councilman Richard Cardoza, Chamber of Commerce President Nicola McIntosh and Kerri Avery, a Kuna Chamber board member.

It was a great day to hold a block party.

Kuna High School cheerleaders entertained between music sets.

The Dan Sevy Band is from Marsing.

Our Coldwell Banker Realtors helped out with preparing and serving food and organizing.

Kids enjoyed simple carnival-style games and prizes.