Welcome Home!

Here is the house in it's final stages. The family comes home today to enjoy their new spacious home! Welcome back!

Pillow Talk...

I just returned home from the longest sewing marathon of my life! I have no idea what is going on in "real" life. I received a call Monday morning to make custom pillows for Extreme Makeover. Seriously?! Me?! I couldn't pass up this once-in- a- lifetime opportunity. The adventure began late Monday night after a full day of work and for the past 32 hrs my mother-in-law, myself and a couple other ladies have been sewing to meet today's deadline. The pillows look great, but in my exhausted state I forgot to take a picture before we dropped them off. I hope to post one from my mother-in-law in the near future.

It was great fun, but now I'm off to find my own pillow for a couple hours of shut-eye before Aunt Katie and Uncle Clay bring the kids home from their sleepover! (Thanks Klaytie!)

Demolition Day...

...and sweet treats!

After three separate trips down to the EMHE site we finally saw the demolition! I resorted to bribing the kids with chips and ice cream the last trip down. I'm glad I did because we got front row seats to all the action! The crew has been so nice to all the neighbors of the Terpenning family. They have taken great care to make us feel a part of the process!

GOING...

GOING...

GONE!

Extreme Makeover Home Edition...

...is happening on OUR street just one block down! We just had the privilege of watching from afar as Ty and the crew surprised the family. Over the last couple days I learned that all the homes that EMHE completes are fully funded by donation only. They recruit local business and neighbors from the surrounding area to complete the work. Pretty neat! We hope to volunteer some of our time and we can't wait to see the final home for this deserving family!