On July 17, 2007, the animals at Welcome Home were pleased to receive a visit from a local play group. The group consisted of young children, most of whom had never seen farm animals “up close and personal.” They were met at the door by Buster and Louie, our “WalMart greeters.” The children, closely and well supervised by their parents, roamed the barnyard and got to pet the goats and sheep, study Elvis, the pot bellied pig, and collect chicken eggs. Our animals are comfortable around people but this is the first time they had any experience with such young children. We are proud to say that they all behaved perfectly (goats included) and everyone seemed to enjoy the visit. We seldom have large groups but after the success of this visit, we just might have to do it more often.

As our luck would have it, the organizer of the visit and mom of one of the children, is a professional photographer and she graciously forwarded photographs of the day’s visit to us. Thank you, Carrie Robertson of Third Coast Photo and Web, for allowing us to use your beautiful photos. We seldom get the opportunity to capture such wonderful and touching moments of our residents interacting with visitors. These are moments we will remember and are so glad to get to share with the readers of our web site. Enjoy the wonderful photos and come and see us soon!