Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Pt 2

The Extreme Home Makeover big REVEAL is today! The Swenson-Lee family is on the way home from their vacation. Today Ty, Paige, Michael, Paul, and Taylor along with the TBJ Homes crew, family and all the spectators will shout, "Move that bus" at 2! The Swenson-Lee family will now have a home that is; OVER 5,700 square feet, three stories, seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, two laundry rooms, three-car garage, over $200,000 worth of landscaping, a greatroom with a mural looking up in downtown Minneapolis, a hot tub, huge playroom, a fountain memorial in the backyard, a play ground, volleyball court, a huge scholarship fund raised by their friends and the community and so much more! (Their previous home was 2 stories, three bedrooms. two and half bath, 2,700 sq ft.) Erik and Vicki Swenson, their three kids Samantha (10), Stella and Olivia (18 mo) - Vicki is pregnant due in Nov - along with the Lee kids; Taylor (12), Ty (10), Trevor (8) and Tara (6) will get to see what the entire community has put together for them! The Swenson-Lee family did not know they were chosen for the show until the door knock. They had been informed they may be in the top five for Minnesota to allow time for the contractors and designers to evaluate their property and current home. They have a brand new home built in 99 hours - a project that would take 6-9 months without any hold ups! This is the single largest structure 'Extreme Makeover, Home Edition' has ever built...and it's the 100th episode of the show! So get ready to watch Minnesota and this great community in action on November 25th!

If you want to take a look at the pictures, family info and the home:www.project508.com

Some interesting and heartbreaking facts -
Taylor Lee was 9 when she was in a car wreck with her dad; she came out with scrapes and bruises, while he was killed on the scene. Terri Lee did everything by the books and more. She told the police, "He's going to kill me!" and Steve did. She even had her boyfriend, Tim, carry a hand gun and had an alarm system installed. The police let Steve out of jail on $7,500 AFTER he attacked Terri with two large knives, in her own home. ($7,500 didn't even cover Terri's funeral costs.) Taylor was 12 when she crawled into bed to sleep with her mom and Tim, afraid of Steve. She huddled under the covers at 4:18 in the morning when Steve broke into the house. She hid under those covers while Steve killed Terri and Tim beside to her. She instructed the police as to Steve's location in the home and for his apprehension. (Tim was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prision without parole.) Taylor now is a violence and abuse advocate along with her aunt Vicki. Vicki has written a bill that will go to legislature this year in hopes to be passed as a law. On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. Chances are one in three of your know someone who has been physically abused (not including mental or sexual abuse) by their husband or boyfriend in the past year alone. Between 3.3 and 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence a year.