March 18, 2007

New House For Shawn

Somebody's got a new house, and man is it gorgeous:

Like a Phoenix who rises from the ashes, Shawn Hornbeck's new home sprung from the ruins of the house in which he was reared.

The home and its contents were a gift to the family from McBride and Son Homes and Mattingly Lumber Company, subcontractors and suppliers, and well-wishers around the world. Shawn and his parents, Craig and Pam Akers, had a private tour of their new home in Richwoods Tuesday evening.

After all these people pitched in to build and furnish Shawn's and his parents new house (it even has a doghouse that's a replica of the main house), the construction workers' union membership threw in one extra thing: they payed off the mortgage on the old house.

Here's to lots of happy new memories for that family.

Posted by floridacracker at March 18, 2007 08:08 AM

   



Comments

wow that is a nice home... I sure hope it helps.

Rest assured it will be a tough time for all during sweetie's trial.

I think I would put a life sized Devlin doll in the weight room, just for giggles..of course, I would keep a sack over its head (think Saddam) and just bash it with a ball bat as I passed it.

Posted by: csason at March 18, 2007 08:42 PM

You know, I thought "He needs a punching bag in there." It's going to be *four* trials for Shawn, some easier than others. Luckily, they'll be starting when he's been in therapy for a while and has had time to get good and pissed off.

The house is wonderful. It started off nice and just kept getting better. Everybody wanted to add something.

Posted by: Donnah at March 18, 2007 09:09 PM

The house is wonderful. It started off nice and just kept getting better. Everybody wanted to add something.

Something tells me that the IRS won't be getting into the same spirit.

Posted by: kbiel at March 18, 2007 11:26 PM

The IRS is only able to tax gift materials, not gift labor, so that helps. Also, they have a non-profit foundation in their basement, so that should help a bit too.
In any case, despite the initial taxing, even if it's 50k or something, that means they got a great deal on a house when their own was falling apart.

Posted by: Donnah at March 18, 2007 11:39 PM