Extreme Home Makeover!

Every Sunday night Hank and I spend the evening watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition at his parents house. When we heard that the Extreme Makeover team was coming to Oklahoma to build a house -- we were very interested!! The show went to Dewey, Oklahoma. Some of our friends were even able to help out by painting etc. One even had a glimpse of Tye! Well, on the day of the revealing Hank and I decided that we wanted to go in person to watch. Hank loves to design houses and really wanted to see it. It was a cold and rainy day (go figure-it hasn't rained in months and it decided to rain that day, but we were very thankful for the rain). Before we were ready to leave our house around 9am for the 2 hour trip to Dewey, one of our friends called and told us not to go. He had helped that morning by directing traffic and he said that people were starting to arriving at 4am! To top that, they were only going to let around 1500 people into the area to watch it. So, we would have drove all the way up there to only be turned away! Here is the link to the house they built in Dewey. http://www.extremesimmons.com/index.htm

The day wasn't a total loss. I wanted Hank to see a house - even it if wasn't the Extreme Makeover Home Edition one. So, I called my friend Nancy who had been building a house for 3 years or so now. Nancy and her husband have been building this house by themselves outside of Skiatook, Oklahoma. It is a very beautiful home. They are currently working on the spiral staircase! We were able to visit with them, tour what they have done so far on the house and eat at the Mexican Restaurant, Senor Salsa.

Here is a picture of their own Extreme Home Makeover!