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March 19th, 2007

Extreme Makeover Home Edition – Kansas City

I am sorry guys I haven’t been a very faithful blogger! Have patience I am new at this:)
Okay so some of you know Extreme Makeover Home Edition was in Kansas City building a house for the Jacobo Family!
Anyway I am very addicted to this show and really support what they do. So I decided to get in and go have some fun. It took many hours of crazy packed crowds to get these pictures but here are a few to share! I will soon have a link to all of them for you to see. But enjoy these for now!

Family story below:

Jesus (age 39) and Michelle (age 38) Jacobo are hard-working parents who have sacrificed everything to keep their extended family together. In addition to four children of their own (Antonio, 13; Jessica, 11; Joshua, 9; and Gabriel, 4), they took in five nieces and nephews [Natalie, 18; Brittany, 16; Tyler, 11; Angel, 8; Miriam, 6 months) after Michelle’s sister lost custody of her children, rather than lose them to the state’s foster-care system. Additionally, Michelle’s father Grandpa Ray (69) is living in the house and helping to raise the children.

Jesus works more than 80 hours a week as an assembler of cranes to provide for the family. Michelle, who is pre-diabetic and has been recently diagnosed with high cholesterol, is a hardworking housewife. Both sacrifice their own comfort by sleeping in their unheated garage. Three of the boys live in the basement hallway that is often flooded by the laundry room, and Grandpa Ray, who suffers from severe hip problems, sleeps on the living room floor; one of the bedrooms has no heat and get so cold there is ice on the walls.

Because the 912 sq. ft. home is literally ‘crumbling apart,’ the Jacobos are in danger of losing their nieces and nephews to the state’s welfare system. In this episode, Ty Pennington and crew will demolish their old house and build a new, spacious, comfortable home so they can stay together.
(from Kevin Greens Website, homebuilder)