Saskatoon Berry Barn

To finish off the long weekend and our 'family reunion' a flock of Kehrigs descended on one of our favourite prairie spots - The Saskatoon Berry Barn.

Aside from being a very attractive spot along the river it offers fantastic Ukrainian food and a stellar waffle bar with fresh berry toppings. A great spot to celebrate exactly 50 years since my parents wedding. A few pictures below.

This is Christina's favorite new dress. Mom ended up hemming the top on it right before leaving the house. However, it wasn't without a small misstep.Mom ended up getting distracted by the multitude of children running about and hemmed the sleaves across from each other. I was scared that Chrissy was going to lose her mind, but she took it all in stride and 5 minutes later Mom fixed it and no one was the wiser...til now I guess. Sorry for ratting you out Mom. 

Bonus Picture - My neice Jade has quite long hair. To keep it from getting knotted her mom braids it into 3 pigtails. I have never seen that number of pigtails before and was fascinated by the process and the end product. This is Jade getting her hair done before heading out for lunch.

Christmas Family Fun

Family time, feasting and presents.

By far the one of the best things I have seen in a long time was Matt, Liam, Claire and Ren playing Kitchen hockey after supper. 

Ren and Claire both played net by literally sitting in the net blocking any chance of goals.

Claire dress reminded me of the 'controversy' over goal equipment a couple years back. She is the Loungo of Kitchen Hockey while Ren is obviously more of a Hasek type. 

The kids played for a couple of hours until the big trade where Matt (who could be considered a Sidney Crosby type) was traded for Grandma (Gretzky coming out of retirement). BTW - Liam is a Taylor Hall type, all speed is gumption.  Matt took it pretty well as Grandma is a wily veteran playing on her home rink. It was a fair trade.