Pomp and Circumstance

She made it! It has been a long time coming, it seems. The last of the Mohicans as my dad would say.  The very last child of the Lex and LeeAnne Chamberlain clan to walk the halls of Kanab high. All of the siblings plus all three nephews and one niece were there to celebrate this accomplishment in Sage's life.

It feels like KHS  runs through my veins and now its gone, well at least the attachment to the KHS is.   I have pictures when I was Chamberlain's age in Kanab Cowboy T-Shirts.  The teachers that taught my siblings and I also taught my dad. Crazy, how many people can say that, I dont think very many.  And now the baby is all grown up, ready to leave the nest and onto her next adventure in life. 

Sage has a special place in my heart. I love that girl!  We shared a room when she was 3, and there are countless memories I have of her starting from when she was tiny.  Although there is 12 years between us I think we have a pretty good relationship.  I was the kind of sibling that whatever I was doing I just brought my younger siblings along. Like when I was a senior in high school and we went cliff Jumping at the Lake Powell dam Sage came a long and she was only 3 or 4. We jumped off 60 ft. cliffs and she was there (what was my mom thinking letting her come with us).  Or out to the sand dunes with a bunch of friends she was there again. She stayed with me plenty of times in college. I even took her and my dad to Disneyland with a bunch of college friends. and we (Josh and I) even had the privilege to have her live with us for almost a good 3 years during her first years in high school. And now she is getting ready to move out in a few months and take on life on her own two feet. I'm so excited for her. The best is yet to come for that wise girl named Sage. And unlike her classmates who may or may not lose contact with her over the years, Sage will always be my sister and we will always be connected. I am the lucky one.

Dear Sage,

I am proud of you. You did it.

Your life is just now starting to blossom. 

You have so much to look forward to. 

You havent even scrapped the tip of the ice berg. 

There is so much good to come your way. 

I'm am grateful that I get to be apart of your journey.

Thank you for letting me share this special night with you. 

I love you.

~Ash

My dad got to hand her, her diploma (he is on the school board) as he did with me and the rest of my four siblings. At the time I didn't think anything of it. But now as I am a parent I think/feel what a neat thing to do as a father. I think if would be very rewarding. 

Her small class of like 42. I on the other hand had a booming class of 74.

 

The official graduate. I love that beaming smile of hers. 

The proof! 

Congrats to the class of 2011! (boy is that crazy to type)

Oh and, I guess a little piece of me will always be apart of KHS...well at least until they re-do the trophy case's!