PHILO -- After an eight-day wait, the Nathan Montgomery family finally walked into their new "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" house at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.

It was about 25 minutes after the crowd of thousands on hand in Philo, south of Champaign, yelled the ABC television show's famous line: "Move that bus!"

By the looks on their faces, the family was thrilled with the two-story Arts and Crafts style home built by Brady Homes of Bloomington and about 2,500 volunteers.

"I'm really excited for the family," Bob Brady, a Brady Homes co-owner, said earlier in the day. "I get to serve the American Dream on a silver platter."

Bob, Ed and Bill Brady, received big hugs from Nathan Montgomery, his wife, Jenny, and their four children, Ashton, 13; Benjamin, 9,; Addison, 5; and Lillian, 4, after the reveal. Hugs continued for the show's designers and three celebrity chefs on hand to give the family some quick meal tips.

The Montgomery family was chosen to receive the home makeover partly for their work in running a Champaign County food pantry, Salt and Light. The food pantry, which feeds 250 families a week, also got a mini-makeover with new paint and all new office furniture.

Bob Brady said the 2,800-square-foot house was done in record time -- 96 hours. The ABC television show gave Brady Homes and the volunteers up to 106 hours to complete the project.

Julie Brookshier and her daughter, Annrika Dithen of Bloomington volunteered from 6 a.m. to noon on Sunday.

"I wanted to give back what had been given to me at one time," said Brookshier.

Years ago, she said, her family of six children was in need and received Christmas gifts from a Twin Cities charity.

Brookshier and Dithen hauled garbage, served breakfast, carried bricks and "raked a lot of dirt." They were asked back for the unveiling.

"I wanted to say 'Move that bus,'" said Dithen.

That same phrase is what enticed Irene Burnett of Farmer City to stand in the hot sun for about five hours waiting for film crews to do multiple takes of the crowd reaction, the arrival of the family and the reveal.

"I just wanted to be here for the big finale," Burnett said. "I watch the show all the time."

The same was true for Brian Sullivan, manager of the Pontiac office for Elegant Limousines, Deluxe Limousines and One Sweet Dream.

"My wife (Juli) and I watch one show together and this is it," he said.

That's why when Brady Homes asked the limousine company to donate their services, Sullivan said he "jumped at the chance." He drove the family from their old house to a hotel on Aug. 18 and drove them up to their new house Tuesday.

His dad, Dewey Sullivan, who also works for the company, took the family to the airport to catch a plane for a Walt Disney World trip, and picked them up Monday night when they returned to the area. The family was not allowed to see the house until Tuesday.

Don Elias, of Bloomington, a builder with Midwest Homes, who volunteered on the house, said the family's custom kitchen is done in earth tones and features a glass backsplash and Corian countertops. Other features of the energy-efficient house include an atrium-style dining room, a family room with a stone fireplace, a first-floor master bedroom suite and kids bedrooms on the second floor, a mud room, a side porch complete with furniture and a grill, and a two-car garage.