Ty Pennington and the team from Extreme Makeover Home Edition are in my neck of the woods this week. The family that was chosen is most definitely deserving of a new home! The father is an ambulance driver that was hurt and saved the life of his partner during the 2005 Toledo Riots. His wife is an ordained minister who has recently experienced some serious health problems and was also diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. They have a total of 11 children, three biological children, three children they’ve adopted from the local area and five children that they have adopted from Haiti.
I think it is wonderful that Ty and the EMHE team are building a new home for this family, and feel that they not only deserve it but that they will truly appreciate their new home! The excitement in the area over the new home build is so neat, I LOVE reading the updates about what is going on! Today was the day that the demolition was actually started and the big reveal is on Sunday.
It’s definitely a LARGE family, and their former home of four bedrooms was way too small for them! I can’t wait to find out the specifics about the home that is being built! Obviously with 11 children it’s not going to be possible for each of them to have their own bedroom. And with a total of 13 people living in the home I can’t help but wonder if they’ll put something like home theater seating in the family room or living room so that they can all sit down and enjoy a movie or TV as a family comfortably?
I’m hoping to make it up to the build site at least once this week and will definitely get some pictures if I can! I already have one request from a friend to get a picture of Ty and she plans on printing it out and sleeping with it…LOL! Lets just hope her hubby doesn’t mind 
I’ll keep you updated about the house if I can!
