The time leading up to the big “Move that bus” scene with the DeVries family and host Ty Pennington Tuesday was filled with several long hours of filming in the cold for “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

Spectators started arriving in large numbers around 10 a.m. wearing rain jackets and carrying umbrellas.

At that point it was drizzling, and questions could be heard throughout the audience of about 750 people about what would happen if cars got stuck in the muddy cornfield where many of the early birds had parked. Some decided to move their vehicles to the road before it got any worse, and others just decided to leave them be.

The unveiling of the new home to the DeVries family was scheduled for 2 p.m.

As the crowds stood up against the barricades and huddled under umbrellas, they cheered at even the slightest movement from the house, in hopes to see Pennington.

Eventually people from the VIP tent filled in the front rows of the audience, and producers began to instruct the crowd about filming.

They said they were going to shoot two takes of the crowd cheering “Move that bus,” one with umbrellas and one without.

Audience members were instructed not to look into the camera.

As they cheered, the University of Minnesota band played.

After several takes without umbrellas, people were told they could put their umbrellas back up.

Then the crews took several shots of the limo pulling into the driveway, again some with umbrellas and some without.

Signs such as “Welcome home,” “God bless the DeVries!” and “Move that bus” were visible in the audience.

Pennington came out in a yellow rain jacket, and the crowd went wild. Cameras flashed throughout the people.

Crews then filmed the bus moving away from the house.

Around 2:30 p.m., it appeared crews took a lunch break, and it wasn’t until after 3 p.m. that word came to the security guards that the family had arrived.

After the DeVries arrived, even they had to film a few takes of the “Move that bus” scene before the house was unveiled.

Once they went inside the house with the designers and Pennington, crews were expected to be filming for anywhere between three and six hours.

Many cars were stuck in the field, and it became a muddy mess. The TV show’s staff drove skid loaders and other equipment into the field and pulled many cars out using chains.