The Ripatti-Pearce Family
Episode 11 · 2006-12-10

- Reality
Episode overview
Logan, UT. The Pauni family are given an extreme makeover. When Janet and Danny left the island of Tonga in 1991, it was to give their family a better life and a better education. Danny was the strong leader in this family and the glue that held them together. That's why it was as if a bomb had hit when he suddenly died in May of 2004 from a heart attack, leaving Janet a widowed mother of nine (eight children and one nephew living in the home). With no life insurance policy and the sole provider gone, this tight knit family has been struggling both emotionally and financially. While the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition design team, local builder Kartchner Homes of Logan, Utah, and hundreds of workers and volunteers are transforming the Pauni's house into a dream home, the family will vacation in a private yacht in the British Virgin Islands.
60 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. The Llanes Family2006-09-17
2. The Rogers Family2006-09-24
3. The Gilliam Family2006-10-01
4. The Hawkins Family2006-10-08
5. The Bliven Family2006-10-15
6. The Kibe Family2006-10-29
7. The Thibodeau Family2006-11-05
8. The Farina Family2006-11-12
9. The Koepke Family2006-11-19
10. The Pauni Family2006-11-26
11. The Ripatti-Pearce Family2006-12-10
12. The Fullerton-Machacek Family2007-01-07
13. The Noyola Family2007-01-14
14. The Riggins Family2007-01-21
15. The Thomas Family2007-02-11
16. The O'Donnell Family2007-02-18
17. The Tate Family2007-03-04
18. The Tipton-Smith Family2007-03-11
19. The Wilson Family2007-03-25
20. The Jones Family2007-04-08
21. The Westbrook Family2007-04-22
22. The Collins Family2007-04-29
23. The Kilgallon Family2007-05-06
24. The Jacobo Family2007-05-13
25. The Oatman-Gaitan Family2007-05-20