Today,  July 1, 2011 Canada celebrates it’s 144th year since Confederation. While Canada Day celebrates the events that occurred on this day in 1867, when the British North America (BNA) Act created the Canadian federal government, the Kehler Clan celebrates for another reason. 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

As we enter into the Thanksgiving weekend, it is truly a time for all of us to count our blessings! Are not His abundant blessings reason to burst forth with exuberant praise and thanksgiving?  From one Berliner Kehler family to another, may we recognize the significance of being thankful.

As the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of Berliner Kehlers are making their debut on this earth, there is the challenge of raising these kids to not only respect and honor Berliner Kehler and the early pioneers, but to also educate them. To help them understand where they came from, and to give them a glimpse of the challenges and hardships Berliner Kehler and his family faced. Today, we have incredible hindsight.   To quote Al Reimer - ”Hindsight is never blindsight”. (more…)

Brad Kehler

It is dinner time at the Kehler residence, and the conversation around the table is in full swing. Exciting news of the day is shared by all. At times it sounds more like a chicken barn, as it seems everyone is talking at the same time.

Suddenly the phone rings and the conversations come to a complete halt as the one who is nearest the phone answers promptly. Who can it be, the others sit in wonder?

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