EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME ADDITION!

EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME ADDITION was here in Texoma this week!

We went out today to see the Westbrook family get to see their new home which was built by the ABC show! It was so exciting!

Today was the final day when the homeowners come home and the host of the show, Ty says "MOVE THAT BUS!"
It was really great!

Gene and Peggy Westbrook, the home owners have had some painful things happen to them and it was great that the city of Lawton, OK rallied around them and got this done for them.
Gene was injured in Iraq and is now paralyzed and then shortly after that a car accident caused his 9 year-old son to be paralyzed too! His daughter also lost a kidney in the accident. Just heartbreaking. Read about it at www.extremeok.com

It makes my heart warm to see people rally around a family who have had hard times and help them up. If any family deserves it, its definetly this family.

I got to see the host Ty Pennington, and Ed Sanders, the british hunk of the show and also my awesome photographer friend GAIL NOGLE from Dallas was there!

It was really exciting to see how they film the show (and watch all the camera men working.)

It was great. At the end tonight, they had a camera on a giant boom arm and as the sunset the Westbrook family came outdoors and thanked and hugged everyone. It was so great standing next to the Army seargents in uniform and we all were clapping and cheering like crazy.

Here is a photo of hottie Ed Sanders of the show.
You can go to his personal site at
http://www.edsanders.net/index.html

Oh, when I took this shot of Ed, we were filming the end of the show. The Director said we had "great energy".
It was fun, and I can't wait to see the images that Gail created for the weeks build.

To find out more about the show, go to ABCs site at http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/ and the local site of the Westbrooks build is at http://www.extremeok.com


Be sure and look for the show on Sunday April 8th! It will definetly be a tear-jerker.