Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

The Graham family of Augusta was blessed this past week with a new house from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! And I was given an amazing opportunity of helping out twice in the past 7 days!

On Sunday night, Lauren Stephens and I went out there around 10 and stayed until about 12. We did a lot of clean up for the house and moving bricks back and forth. We got to carry tiles for the bathroom floors upstairs unto the house and see what it looks like at day 3. It was SO super cold but so neat to see how many people were out there so late, putting in all their effort for a family they might have never even met.

Tuesday night, which was the last night, Jenn Edwards and I went out at 10 and stayed until veryyyyy late (I might as well just say until early Wednesday morning). It was an even better experience, but even colder! We started off just looking for things to do and ended up unloading trucks with Sears appliances and furniture. A lot of the stuff we worked with that night was actually for the Sister-in-law's family, who lived behind the big home. Jenn and I were given the task of putting together a bathroom storage unit that went over the toilet. It took over 3 hours but we finally finished it! We were SO proud.

So today, Wednesday, was the reveal and Jenn, Kendall, and I went up at 1 to see the family come back and be surprised by their brand new house! The reveal was supposed to be at 2...but it didn't happen till after 4. That's Hollywood, I suppose. We got to high-five Ty and see the rest of the Extreme Team crew. Did I mention we were front row? :) But anyway, I have to be honest--it's NOT what I expected at all. The limo came in, and then again, and again. There was like 25 takes of everything that happened. And when the family did finally come, and everyone yelled "move that bus!", I heard that they had already seen it. But they did seem super excited, happy, sad, anxious and everything at the same time. So congratulations to the Graham Family!

 Here's a link to the rest of the pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1494666375168&set=a.1494650694776.2067582.1489320099#!/album.php?aid=2067582&id=1489320099&page=3