Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Tear that House Down!

Extreme Makeover Home Edition has come to Central Illinois. They are building a new home for the very deserving Grys family from Pekin, Illinois. The girls and I headed down to Pekin to see the demo of the old house. You can check out Jake Grys the very deserving little boy who will be getting a new house at the following link:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/jakes-declaration-of-independence.html



I have to brag on my friend Angie for a minute. Angie DeLost is an occupational therapist at Easter Seals and three years ago she nominated the Grys family for this makeover. She has been working so hard to make this dream a reality, organizing the builders, donations and working with the architect to make the right accommodations for little Jake. I have to say that when Ty came to town on Tuesday and knocked on their door, I called Angie and told her you did it! She is an amazing person and I am so happy that she is on my team too! When we went to see the demo, we were able to go and give Angie the giant hug that she deserved!Yes this is Ty Pennington. He is filming the part of the show where he has a camcorder and is recording the demo for the family to watch. He is great and it was so cool to see him there. This tape will be shown to the Grys as they are enjoying a week at Walt Disney World!


This is Carson and the profile of his mom Sally. They are good friends and they joined the girls and I to watch all the action. He was a trooper spending most of the day on his mommy's back!

Molly with the Grys house in the background before the demo began!



Molly and Margot had a blast playing with Elyse and Celeste as we waited for the demo to begin.



The demolition had begun. They had three CAT tractors and just went to town tearing that house down. Within less than ten minutes the whole thing was gone. It was an emotional moment for Angie and the Grys family as the culmination of all their work was really happening.

In the red jacket is TY! He was doing more video taping of all the action.




The demo was almost done here as the tractors moved in to the foundation.




Molly love watching! We are hoping to head down a few more time this week to keep tabs on the progress!

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