Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is in Franklin County this week building a home for a family in South Mountain, about 20 minutes from our house. Of course, I had to go check it out! Love the show, think Ty Pennington is hilarious, we loved him on Trading Spaces, way back when! So, Brandon, Andrew, Mason and I headed to Mont Alto to catch the shuttle bus to go see what was going on at the top of the mountain! I snapped this picture of the who I like to think is one of the designers on her way out to go shopping.
Well, we were told no designers were at the site when we were there. Apparently they build two houses about the same time with two different crews and Ty flys back and forth between the two. He was in Kansas for a reveal today, but will be back again tomorrow. The other designers were out shopping at Lowe's and Sears. Anyway, we watched these students from Penn State Mont Alto work on the landscaping. There is a beautiful water feature on the front walk and the students were even planting fall pansies! We saw a huge solar panel to the left of the house, the back yard is fenced in and my friend, Chris, befriended a production crew member who took a picture of the back of the house for her and it has multiple decks in the back. The house fits in great with the woods surrounding it, the stone is very pretty. Just gorgeous!
As soon as we jumped off the school bus, we saw this tent selling t-shirts and coffee mugs, $10 - $40! Many people were walking around in these blue t-shirts and badges on. Beyond these fences was a VIP tent area with locally catered food and trailers for the "stars". It was quite evident, this was not the show's first makeover...it is down to a science! I am so happy they allow sneak peeks for us nosey folks!
Here is a picture of the Drumm family posted on a pole at the site. The family is where else...Walt Disney World! This is Season 6 for the show and this season's theme is Community Hereos. The family has two autistic children and the parents started a little league for challenged children. The mom also works at the school where Andrew takes speech class. The show is going to be the first show of 2009.
The highlight of the trip for Andrew and Mason was riding on a school bus! I tried to explain to the boys about the family needing a home and this is going to be made into a tv show, but I am not sure if they understood since no film crews were there at the moment, but they had fun playing with their friend Grant who was there with his grandma and watching the big trucks come in with various supplies. I can't wait to see the show and see what the house looks like inside. They are anticipating 15,000 people to be there on Friday at 2 pm for the "Move that Bus" reveal! We, however, will just wait until January!
We are slowly but surely will get there, to the finished product that is! These are trim boards I primed this morning. Thinh got an awesome deal on 18 boards and 2 rolls of insulation from a guy at work.
The jacuzzi tub is in the bathroom, but that is just it, not hooked up. The boys can hardly wait!!!
Thinh is currently working on my girly walk in closet. I am hoping to put a funky chandelier in it, a girl can wish right! 
We bought a mattress last week from a store going out of business. We upgraded to a king, since every morning instead of two people in bed it is always 2 adults, 3 boys and a dog! 
Also, the walls and ceiling painting was finished. Thinh could not sleep Saturday so got out of bed, I did not even know, and worked on the room until 2 a.m. and got up again at 6 a.m. to work on it some more! He is really excited about this project. This weekend we hope to finish the closet and floor in the bedroom and maybe even some trim too! 
