THAT’S A WRAP ON SEASON 6! WOW! HOW TIME FLIES. WE FINISHED OUR 25TH HOME OF THE SEASON IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AND AS I SIT ON MY PORCH IN LOS ANGELES, CA. WATCHING THE HUMMINGBIRDS GORGE THEMSELVES ON THE LIQUID SUGAR WE REFILL DAILY I REALIZE ONCE AGAIN IT HAS BEEN SOMETIME SINCE I LAST WROTE TO YOU ALL. SO TO RECAP, IT WAS A GREAT YEAR. A YEAR ALL ABOUT HEROES AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. TO ALL OF YOU THAT WORE A BLUE SHIRT AND VOLUNTEERED YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRODUCTS I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. IT’S VERY HARD IN […]

I just noticed I have not blogged since October. Sorry about that. I finally had some time to sit down and write a few words to let you know what has been going on. A lot has happened since I last blogged… the holidays, the New Year and we have a new President! Stayed home for the holidays, which was really nice since I am always on the road with the show. Thanksgiving had friends and family over for the big Turkey dinner with all the fixins! We love making the whole feast. So for Christmas we went to my brother-in-laws home so they could do all the cooking. It […]

Tonight airs the 2nd build of the season. I believe it is one of the best rooms I have ever done, of course with a lot of help. I had the good fortune to work with a great muralist – her name is Andrea Frangiosa. Andrea and her team helped me make my room come to life. The room was so great I asked Andrea and Beth (one of her assistants) to help me out with the rooms for 3 boys when we were shooting in Toledo, Ohio. I can’t tell all of you how wonderful it is to be able to travel around the country and meet folks like […]

Who would of ever thought that we would be having a 6th season. We are under new direction this year and I am very excited to get started. For the last two years our goal was to build one home in each of the fifty states. This year we will build homes for heroes. All different types of heroes. We begin our 6th season in Poolesville, Maryland. A great little town about 40 miles north of Washington D.C. I am writing this blog the day after we “Move that Bus” so the last seven days are very fresh in my mind. With the help of Classic Homes of Maryland we […]

Well, Season 5 of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has come to an end. It was a fantastic year. The good news is that there will be a season 6. The last show of the season took us to Louisiana. We were very lucky to have 17 of our wonderful builders from all over the country come down to Louisiana to make what we set out to do happen. The main builder was Deltec Home. They gave us not just a house but they also built a church. It should be a great season finale. To all the builders and their men and women that made the build possible “Thank You”! […]

Well, we have 4 states left to complete our 50 state tour that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition set out to do two years ago. The goal was to build a home in each of the fifty states. We are just about there! I just got back from the Martinez’s family in Albuquerque. What a wonderful family. Their faith is so strong they are able to overcome so much and give even more. Our builder in Albuquerque was “Atrius Home and Communities”. They built us a beautiful adobe home. But this was not their first time working with us, they have built a total of 3 wonderful homes for Extreme Makeover: […]

Wow, 100 houses, 100 families. Who would’ve thought? It still amazes me each and every week that we are able to do what we do. Lots of changes have happen since the Powers family in Santa Clarita 4 ½ years ago. One of the biggest changes is the number of volunteers that come out and help us. If you are one of the many that have spent time on our builds, I can’t thank all you folks enough. We could not do what we do without you. Thank You! The TV show you see on Sunday nights has never given justice to what happens in 7 days, 168 hrs, and […]

Sometimes things just fall together perfectly. So goes the build in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Now maybe I’m a little partial to the area because I was raised about 15 miles away across the Delaware River, but the family, the builder, the community, even the weather, made for a perfect week. Our family – the Marrero family – consists of five boys and a dad. The family has done without many of the things that we tend to take for granted. Our builder – J.S. Hovnanian & Sons — is a family owned and operated company. Peter and Steve Hovnanian are two of the most gracious builders I have ever met. […]

Wow, so here we are, starting the 5th season of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It’s taken that long for me to get a website up and running. I will do my best to entertain you with both fun and educational stuff. If I have learned anything in the last 5 years, – and oh I have – it is that almost everything we need to know we learn at a very early age, and then spend the rest of our lives relearning it. The things I want to share with you all are what you don’t get to see on Sunday nights. Let’s start with a little personal information. I […]