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LOGAN - The completion of the latest "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project marked a new beginning for the Pauni family of Logan on Sunday afternoon.

Ati Pauni Velasquez, the oldest daughter of Danny and Janet Pauni, remained in Logan last week while her mother and siblings cruised the Virgin Islands. With her husband and 14-month-old daughter by her side, Ati, 19, watched a miracle unfold.

"I have no regrets at all," she said Sunday afternoon just minutes before her family urged the ABC crew to "Move that bus." "It's been crazy, hectic, exciting and unbelievable."

Ali was among thousands of spectators who rehearsed scenes using energetic Pauni relatives as stand-ins. During one of the practice runs, the step on the limousine cracked and had to be removed before the family could be delivered.

For their enthusiastic screaming, lucky audience members were rewarded with T-shirts and other "Extreme Makeover" memorabilia. The audience also was rewarded for participating with live entertainment - drumming and dancing by the Salt Lake City-based Polynesian group, Malialole.

Excerpts of the performances likely will be seen when the special two-hour episode airs later this year. Design celebrity Ty Pennington also will highlight sightseeing expeditions to Moab and scenic Logan Canyon.

By sunset Sunday, hundreds of volunteer construction workers, food handlers who served 1,200 meals each day, landscapers, painters and celebrities wrapped up most of the production at 1085 North 400 East.

Though they won't be allowed to welcome any visitors into their house until after the TV show has aired, the Pauni family immediately settled into the new home, which features Ty's special project, a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen.

The Pauni family moved from Tonga in 1991 in search of a better life. When father and husband Danny Pauni died of a heart attack in 2004, the American Dream seemed farther away than ever in spite of the tight-knit group's best efforts. The widow, eight children and one nephew have struggled to make ends meet with four different family businesses - cement-laying, tree-trimming, catering and Polynesian Luau entertainment.

Troy Kartchner, president of Kartchner Homes, said he is honored to have been selected to design and build a new home for the Pauni family.

"As this week progressed, I learned more and more about the family's willingness to give everything they have to everybody. I think this family is super-deserving," he said.

The heroes of the project, Kartchner said, are the contractors and subcontractors.

"Everything on the new home has all been donated - contractors, subcontractors and supplies. All over the country people have participated in this," he said. "We didn't have a lot of large corporations coming forward to pay off the mortgage of the home that was ripped down. There has just been an outpouring of love, of small donations."

Kartchner said he was touched when he heard a mother, en route to the new Pauni home, tell her daughter, "Let's go see the house Daddy built."

"That's true for every dad here, lots of mothers and all the others," he said. "The Pauni family's favorite song is 'Love at Home' and I think there's been a lot of love in the construction of this home."