WANTED...

Someone for a Saint. My friend Ashley is a saint! Yes she teaches Junior High and if that isn't Sainthood enough for you she told me this story that surly makes her a Saint. There is a homeless man that can always be found on University Avenue. Anyone who lives in Provo probably knows who I am talking about. Well on Friday Ashley and I were driving home from work and as we drove past the man, Ashley says "Hi Dennis." I asked if that was just a made up name for him. She said "no... that is his name." Apparently a couple of years ago Ashley took presents to Mr. Dennis on Christmas Day and had a good heart to heart. Then during the summer she heard on the news that a homeless man died in the canyon and she was so worried that it was Dennis that she had her brother drive her up and down University Avenue until they found Dennis. They even checked in his hut. A man that she had one conversation with! Yes Ashley is a saint and if you have a sibling, friend, cousin that is looking for a saint, just let me know :) She is very cute and an Amazing Teacher. Here is just a little shout out to Miss Belnap.

Misinterpreted

So sometimes when I am teaching, things don't always come out the way they are supposed to. And then my students make pins of things I say and they are taken way out of context... Crazy 8th Graders!

Allen's Shout-out

Since Cameo has been keeping this up a lot better than I have, I feel the need to give a little shout out to myself...

It's actually more like an update. But I'll include Cameo as well with a couple recent activities...

First, I recently started an internship. It's basically supervising noncustodial parents on visits with their kids. It's paid and it's perfect for my future plans for graduate school. I'll have to change jobs at the MTC due to the internship (I'm going to become a tutor next semester) but I'm so grateful that I get to stay at least. After I had my interview and got hired, I felt overwhelming grateful and here's what I wrote in my journal that day as I received yet another blessing.

"As I look back on the past few years of my life (which has included some major decisions and events), I realize how much the Lord has guided my life and blessed me so much more than I ever would deserve or think to deserve. So many things have seemed to just fall into place without much effort of my own. I recognize that my life is truly in the hands of the Lord (see Mormon 5:23). The Lord is so good to me."

Although every day hasn't been "easy" per se, I have absolutely nothing to complain about. Cameo and I have been blessed far beyond anything I could have ever imagined. We continue to enjoy each day, to be more and more in love every day and look forward to the rest of our lives together...the hills and the valleys and all.

I recently competed in DanceSport (the Ballroom Dance Competition) again in the Rumba. I had a great time as always. Unfortunately, no pictures this time...

Cameo threw me a surprise birthday party a couple of days before my birthday. We went to a BYU volleyball game and randomly Cameo HAD to come home to do her seating charts. Luckily, I was submissive to her seemingly ridiculous urgency and came home to some great friends and a good time. My wife is the best.

We recently had our Ward Christmas Party. Good food, good music, and good company = a great party

Here's a picture with our Bishop and a good friend Jon.

Here is our little Christmas tree that we borrowed.

Most recently, we attended the First Presidency Christmas Devotional and walked around afterwards to admire the beautiful lights on Temple Square. We went with our fabulous friends the Mannings. Afterwards we drank hot chocolate. It was a great evening.

Check below for updates on my ultimate frisbee championship and thanksgiving. Don't forget to watch our music video if you haven't done that as well (it's below)!

We're excited to see our families in a couple of weeks!!

Cameo Christmas Wish List

This is pretty good...

So this makes it pretty easy for me eh?!

It all began at Thanksgiving

Two years ago around Thanksgiving is where the Sabey Story begins. I went to Arizona to spend the holiday with my Sister and her family and my brother and his family.

These are some pictures from that Thanksgiving in Tucson. Don't I have the cutest nieces and nephews?
Since I was going down in Tucson, Peter really wanted me to go on a date with his brother-in-law. I kept saying no... but then I decided it would be okay. So Peter set up the date for the Friday after Thanksgiving. Collin and I had a great date, but right after the date Peter and Kristen took me back to Phoenix so I could catch my ride back to Provo. So I went back to Provo to finish my student teaching. The two weeks after Thanksgiving were especially rough. I didn't know what I was going to do once I graduated (even though I had mission papers in... well kind of... they were lost in the mail somewhere). BYU started saying that I wasn't going to be able to graduate. I had this huge project that was due for me to complete my Student Teaching. So two years ago today (December 3) at about 9:00 at night, I was sitting in Orem Junior working and crying because I didn't know what I was going to do. So I decided to check my email and facebook. And there was a little surprise that cheered me up. There was this boy that added me as a friend. I thought to myself, "Who the heck is Allen Sabey?" He had a really cute picture and then he sent this message "Hey... I am Collin Thompson's best friend, who is Kristen's brother, who married your brother... Get it?" Sure so I replied, "Yes... so that makes us best friends." And that is how it all began. A little shameful I know. So apparently after I left Tucson, Allen called Collin and Collin told him that he should look me up since we both lived in Provo. So we flirted it up some messages for a while and those weeks when I was in limbo suddenly didn't seem so bad. Then I decided to be bold. I wanted to talk to him in person because his picture was really cute :) So asked him if he was going to be in Tucson for Christmas because if he was we should do something since my family was going to be there for Christmas. And his reply was perfect... "Well why wait till then." So we went on our first date on Saturday, December 9th. Then next day my Bishop told me that my papers were found and ready to be turned into the Stake President. So I set up my appointment the following Sunday. Well, that week was a special week. It was my last week of Student Teaching, BYU called to apologize to me for telling me that I couldn't graduate, and Allen and I started dating. So by the time I had my appointment with the Stake President I told him I was dating someone. The President Childs got this big smile and started clapping his hands. He said he was going to hold onto my papers as long as he needed to and I should date Allen and then let him know one way or another. Six Months later I let him know which way we were taking. And there you have it... it all began at Thanksgiving. So I thought I would give a couple shout out Thank Yous.

Thank you Mom and Dad for letting me go to Arizona even when I was broke after having no income during student teaching.

Thank you Laurel for living in "the wilderness" for forty years so I could come visit you for Thanksgiving and so you could set up Peter and Kristen.

Thank you Kristen for marrying Peter.

Thank you Peter for insisting that I go on a date with Collin.

Thank you Collin for going on a date with me and then setting Allen and I up... kind of :)

Thank you Allen for listening to Collin and for looking me up on facebook even though I still am a little ashamed. :)

So because thanksgiving is a special time for us... here are a couple pictures from our Thanksgiving this year. Since we couldn't go to Arizona or Oregon for Thanksgiving, our friends the Nelsons invited us to go with them to their family Thanksgiving in Midway. It was perfect. We couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving. Thanks Guys!

The Thanksgiving Ultimate Frisbee Game.

Our Grateful Hand Turkeys. Mine is a lot smaller than Allen's.

This is the Fall Decoration that I made. I think it is really cute!The Happy Couple Two years later!

A Good Treat

If you want a good treat... then make some cookie dough that doesn't cook in well, but still tastes really good. Roll the dough into balls like so... and mix it into ice cream. Homemade cookie dough ice cream. Allen had fun rolling the dough.