WE WERE  ABLE TO BUY OUR DREAM HOME , A SMALL 5 ACRES AND HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. WE KNEW THE DAY WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE IT WOULD FOREVER CHANGE OUR LIVES, WE JUST DIDNT KNOW  HOW MUCH .  WE BOUGHT OUR HOME AND WITH SO MUCH WORK NEEDING TO BE DONE , WE HAD A HORSE AND NO FENCE OR BARN. SO BEFORE WE EVER STARTED MOVING IN , WE WERE HERE PUTTING A FENCE UP . NOW WE HAD A HORSE AND FENCE AND NO BARN. ME  AND A FRIEND WERE  ABLE TO GET THE FENCE UP , NOW I WAS WONDERING HOW IN THE WORLD WE WOULD GET A BARN UP BEFORE WINTER,  BEING NOW EARLY NOVEMBER . SO WITH NO OTHER WAY TO TURN HAVING REALLY NO CLUE HOW TO LAY OUT A FLOOR PLAN TO  FIND OUT WHERE THE POLES WOULD HAVE TO GO ,  I KNEW THEN I NEEDED HELP WITH THIS . SO MY DAD AND BROTHER WOULD BE CALLED ON TO HELP ME WITH THIS TASK..I STILL RECALL THAT DAY , DAD AND MY BROTHER CAME OUT TO GET STARTED.  DAD LOOKING AT ME STANDING IN THE FIELD SAID,  "WHERE DO YOU WANT THE BARN?  MAKE YOUR MIND UP BECAUSE ONCE ITS THERE ITS THERE"  I RECALL THAT JUST AS IT WAS TODAY. SO I LOOKED AROUND THE FIELD AND LOOKED AND SAID RIGHT HERE , RIGHT HERE IS WHERE I WANT IT. SO THATS WHERE IT WAS STARTED . WE WORKED LONG HOURS GETTING IT UP.  WE WERE ABLE ONLY TO AFFORD A SMALL 3 SIDED BUILDING AT THAT TIME.  THEN FINALLY WINTER HAD STARTED AND AND WE HAD A PLACE FOR FLASHY TO GET IN OUT OF THE WEATHER.  SPRING CAME AND IT WAS TIME FOR FLASHY TO HAVE A NEW FRIEND ,  SO FOR MOTHERS DAY ,I BOUGHT MY LOVING WIFE LADY OUR MARE.  SHE WAS FOR SURE NOT WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED HER TO BE,  BEING A REGISTERED TENNESSEE WALKER .  SHE WAS SKIN HANGING OVER BONES , WE KNEW THEN WE HAD OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US .  BUT WITH ALOT OF HAY AND GRAIN AND WORMER SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE  GIRL.  SHE WAS THEN PERFECT.  WE WERE  SO HAPPY THAT FLASHY HAD A FRIEND TO HANG OUT WITH.  WE NOW HAD ALL TOGETHER 2 DOGS 2 CATS AND 2 HORSES.  THE START OF OUR DREAM.   THEN , IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WIFE, I STARTED ADDING MORE ANIMALS . WE WERE GIVEN 2 HENS AND 1 ROOSTER .  AND THEN A FEW MORE HENS AND ANOTHER ROOSTER .  AND THEN I JUST HAD TO BUY 25 MORE HENS , ONLY THING WAS IT ENDED UP 23 HENS AND 2 ROOSTERS. BUT NEVER THE LESS I WAS HAPPY WITH THEM .  SO NOW WE HAD CHCIKENS WITH NO CHICKEN PEN.  SO WE STARTED BUILDING A CHCIKEN PEN.  WINTER CAME AND WENT AGAIN, AND THEN WE STARTED TO BE ABLE TO FINSH THE BARN .  WE ENDED UP WITH AN 18X30 BARN AND NOW I WAS READY FOR MORE ANIMALS .  WE FOUND SOME BABY GOATS,  (EARS , ANNABELL , AND SPOT (THE BILLY GOAT) .   THEN THE WIFES BIRTHDAY WAS COMING AND IT WAS TIME TO BUY HER THE BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER , CHIEF.   OUR DREAM HORSE,  A BLACK AND WHITE PAINT.. AND HE WAS JUST THAT,  A DREAM HORSE.  HE WAS SO GOOD , HE WOULD DO ANYTHING YOU WANTED HIM TO DO AND NEVER TALK BACK..  HOWEVER,  HE DIDNT MUCH CARE FOR WORMER . BUT FLASHY DIDNT EITHER , FLASHY WOULD SEE THE WORMER AND HE WOULD RUN THE OTHER WAY .   LADY WAS THE ONLY GOOD ONE THAT WOULD TAKE IT WITH OUT A FIGHT .. SO NOW OUR FARM WAS ALL MOST COMPLETE . WE WANTED MAYBE JUST A FEW MORE GOATS AND MAYBE 1 MORE HORSE. AND WELL , MAYBE A DONKEY . WE WERE SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF WHAT OUR HOME HAD BECOME . IT HAD FINALLY BECOME WHAT WE HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING,  A FARM.. SO NOW WITH ALL THESE ANIMALS WHY STOP THERE.  I HAD BIG PLANS , WE NEEDED TO ADD ON TO THE BARN . WE NEEDED MORE ROOM (FOR MORE ANIMALS) . WE WANTED TO ADD ANOTHER 20X30 FOOT ON THE BARN .THIS WAS OUR SPRING PLANS.    WE WERE SO HAPPY.  WE WOULD DO OUR CHORES EVERY NIGHT,  OUR FAVORITE PART WAS GETTING TO THE BARN, AND COME IN EAT DINNER , MAYBE WATCH A MOVIE AND TALK ABOUT ADDING ON TO THE BARN . THEN ON FEBRUARY 1, 2007, WE DID ALL CHORES  AND EVERYTHING THE SAME AS WE  ALWAYS DID . WE CLEANED THE BARN ,  FED AND WATERED  ALL THE HORSES AND GOATS , CHECKED FOR EGGS , AND FED AND WATERED THE CHCIKENS AND DOGS AND CATS .  CAME IN ATE DINNER AND WATCHED ANDY GRIFFTH MOVIES WE HAD BOUGHT.   WE  WENT TO BED ABOUT 10;00PM AND OUR SON TYLER WOKE US AT 12;12 AM , SAYING THERE WERE POLICE CARS IN OUR DRIVE WAY .  AS WE GOT TO THE LIVIMG ROOM, WE COULD SEE THRU THE BACK PORCH WINDOW,  TYLER TURNED AND SAID, OH GOD OUR BARN IS ON FIRE!!!  WE RAN TO THE BACK PORCH ANDTHERE WAS  FIRE TRUCKS ALL OVER THE DRIVE WAY.  I THREW MY BOOTS ON AND RAN OUT THE DOOR . DONNA AND TYLER  FOLLOWED. IT WAS TO LATE,  OUR BARN WAS GONE,  BURNT TO THE GROUND . I WALKED BACK THE FIELD HOPING EVERYONE BROKE THE GATE AND WAS OUT AND  IN THE BACK OF THE FIELD . I COULDNT SEE ANYTHING SO I STARTED BACK TO THE HOUSE AND LOOKING OVER AT THE FIRE,  I SAW THE GATE WAS STILL UP AND CLOSED. MY HEART THEN BROKE . THE WORLD HAD SEEMED TO STOP THAT VERY SECOND . AS I WATCHED THE FIRE DESTROY EVERYTHING WE HAD WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD AND KNOWING THAT  THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO STOP IT .  I KNEW THAT OUR ONCE HAPPY AND  PEACEFUL BARN  AND OUR ANIMALS THAT TRUSTED US TO LOVE,  FEED AND PROTECT THEM,  WERE GONE AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO SAVE THEM .   . THE WORLD SEEMED TO BE GETTING SMALLER AS I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED OUR DREAM COME TO A END. WE WERE  UNABLE TO SLEEP AGAIN THAT NIGHT AND ABOUT 7;30 AM , AT DAY BREAK,   I WAS OUT WHERE OUR BARN ONCE STOOD , RAKING THE STILL SMOLDERING HAY AND STRAW OUT AND WATERING IT DOWN .  IT WAS SO COLD THE WATER WAS FROZEN .  I  HAD TO STOP AND GO  BUY MORE WATER HOSES,  BY THIS TIME MY DAD AND MOM HAD SHOWED UP AND DAD JUMPS RIGHT IN AND STARTES RAKING THE FIRE OUT WITH ME.   AFTER A FEW HOURS WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTROLL,   WE WENT AND RENTED A BACKHOE TO START THE CLEAN UP . WE BURIED ALL THE HORSES AND GOATS .  IT TOOK 3 DAYS TO GET ALL THE CLEAN UP DONE . THE LAST DAY SEEMED TO BE BY FAR THE LONGEST AND HARDEST DAY FOR ME , AS I SET THERE AND WATCHED DAD FINSH BURYING  WHAT USE TO BE OUR DREAM. AND KNOWING THAT THIS WOULD NOW BE THE END . OUR ANIMALS  WERE FOREVER GONE.. WE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE BARN. THE BARN WAS FAR FROM OUR WORRYS , OUR LOVING ANIMALS WOULD BE FOREVER GONE FROM US . THAT NIGHT OF THE FIRE WILL ALWAYS  BE APART OF OUR LIVES .  WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FORGET THAT NIGHT AND WILL NEVER FORGET THE LIVES THAT WAS LOST THAT NIGHT .. I GUESS IN AWAY,  APART OF US DIED ALONG WITH THEM.   OUR ANIMALS WERE NOT JUST ANIMALS THEY WERE   OUR DREAM AND APART OF OUR LIFE AND OUR FAMILY , WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE SPECIAL TIMES WE HAD WITH THEM AND THE LOVE WE FELT FOR THEM.  SO PLEASE HEAR US AS WE SAY THIS TO YOU ...PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL CAT,  DOG , HORSE , WHATEVER IT IS , STOP AND LOOK AT THAT ANIMAL,  PET IT,  LOVE IT ,HOLD IT CLOSE TO YOU .. AND ALWAYS KNOW  , AN  ANIMALS LOVE FOR YOU IS UNCONDITIONAL...THEY DEPEND ON YOU , THEY ARE LIKE A BABY , THEIR LIVES ARE IN YOUR HANDS.     TREAT THEM WELL,  LOVE THEM WITH ALL YOU ARE . THEY ARE ONLY HERE LIKE LIFE,  FOR A SHORT WHILE THEN THEY GONE FOREVER. AND THEN IT WILL BE TO LATE TO SHOW THEM THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR THEM..

Who We Are

We are Chris and Donna Kelley and son Tyler .and our dream is to share the fun of fainting goats with you , they are just so amazing