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Show ; y w ' - ... i . 1 Photo by Roger Tuffle Freda Westnedge of Bountiful shows off the doll house she won during a drawing at this year's Parade of Homes in Salt Lake City. She admits that she's "never grown up," and winning the house was a dream come true. Playhouse was a dream come true for Bountiful woman who 'hasn't grown up5 a senior at Woods Cross," Freda said. "So I'm expecting grandchildren grandchil-dren any time now." The playhouse will get plenty of use until then, with all the neighbor neigh-bor children and friends' children that come over to play, she explained. ex-plained. Freda and her husband David, a National Weather Service employee, em-ployee, have lived in Bountiful for the last nine years. They previously previous-ly lived in Salt Lake City for ten years. Freda runs a small balloon bouquet bou-quet business in her home. She also makes other crafts and says someday some-day she'd like to open a small store. By KATHY CHRISTENSEN BOUNTIFUL It was a child's dream come true. A blue, candy-striped candy-striped doll house, standing six (plus) feet tall, with a porch, picket fence and stain-glass windows. Freda Westnedge, of Bountiful, won the playhouse during the Salt Lake Parade of Homes. The fact that she's 41 -years-old and has to stoop to enter the doorway, didn't hinder her excitement over her playhouse in the least. "It's always been a dream of mine to have a playhouse," she said. "Then I wanted my children to have one too, but we never got around to building one." Freda said she was hesitant about ab-out entering the drawing, explaining explain-ing that she never wins anything, but finally decided to take a chance. "When I walked out of one of the houses and saw the playhouse, I thought 'Oh! I'd love to have that for my grandkids.' So I bought a sucker for $1 and I got to enter my name one time," Freda remembered. remem-bered. Some contestants bought 30 or more suckers to enter the contest, according to Freda. She said she didn't think there was much chance of her winning. "When they called me to tell me I won, I almost dropped the phone," Freda said. 'Tin 4 1 years-old years-old but I'll never grow up. It was a dream come true." The Westnedges are building a permanent place tor the house in a corner of their back yard. This is necessary, according to Freda, because be-cause the house is heavy and not easily moved. "The playhouse will last as long as a regular house," she said. "It was built very sturdy." The playhouse was built by the apprentice construction class at the Salt Lake Community College, according to Freda, as a class project. pro-ject. Freda expects the house will be in place two weeks from now, and all she has to do is sit back and wait for some grandchildren to come along. "I have three daughters, one is married, one is engaged and one is |