Arizona resident Kristin Pierce had her dream of home ownership fulfilled on Tuesday, thanks in large part to homebuilder Taylor Morrison.

Pierce won the 2009 Taylor Morrison Dream Home Giveaway earlier this year and on Tuesday she walked through the front door of her completed $200,000 home for the first time while the construction crew who built her dream home watched.

“The shock has finally worn off,” said the Arizona wife and mother who beat out 147,000 other entries to claim her prize. “I can’t begin to describe how happy this makes our family.” 

Pierce and her husband were in the middle of signing a contract on a foreclosed home this summer when she learned that she had won. Pierce had searched for almost a year to find the foreclosure property, worth about half the price of their new Taylor Morrison home.

With their new home, Pierce and her husband are getting exactly what they wanted. The couple chose their floor plan, opted for an additional media room to serve as a playroom for their young son and picked every appliance, paint color and floor covering in the 2,450-square-foot home.