Be Consistent and Learn to Finish

Rebekah works hard everyday to eat healthy and she does her best. For having given birth to two beautiful girls, her body is still delicious! I recommend you follow her on Instagram where she posts all her yummy healthy foods.

I tend to be the one you breaks the healthy habits when I decide she doesn't need to cook and I order Pizza! But not just any pizza, Papa John's.  The reason is Rebekah likes Papa John's and so for the past few months I've been trying to get enough points to get a free one and I finally did it!

Not a lot of exciting things happened this week.  Even though I had planned to take Bekah to an awesome Hip Hop Performance show title They Reminisce, but on the day I fell really ill.

Turns out I got Strep Throat or Tonsillitis.  I got a fever for a few days, lots of bathroom runs, and tonsils swollen to the point of having my throat feel like its shut.  I was mostly dehydrated for 2 days straight because as much water as I drank I would then spit every 5 minutes and go to the bathroom every hour and because of all the mouth breathing you have to do you just get dehydrated faster.

Tomorrow I get to go the Vivint Clinic and get my medication on and start recovering soon.  I did have my brother Julio give me a blessing tonight so I should be good in no time.

Let's end this week on a good note.  Since I couldn't take Bekah to the Show on Friday I had Julio take my car and tickets so he got to go on a date.  I think I'll take Rebekah shopping next Friday since we get paid and we have enough in the budget for some shopping.

As I come to a close I realized I title this post Be Consistent and Learn to Finish.  This has to do with a principle I taught the family last week.  Finishing what you start makes your life a whole lot easier.  It keeps the house clean, projects on time, and goals met.  That's not to say you have to finish perfectly, but being consistent at it helps you maintain.  And sometimes just maintaining one day can go a long way the next day.  We all need a little maintenance and finishing what you start in a consistent manner will keep you and your family polished and brand new.

And speaking about consistency Naomi likes avocados

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The Return of the Ambriz Family in 2014

Did you miss us? 

Well, I have to say we missed you.

We sadly let time pass us by without letting you know what we were up to.  Now I guess I could do a quick recap or I we could just move forward and leave a few gems here and there about what we've been up to.

You might have noticed in the picture there is a little baby girl crying her head off.  She's our little Naomi who is 4 months old, rolling over, and has begun teething.  Our big girl Veronica is 4 years old and is now in CTR 4 in the Primary.  Rebekah is still working at Vivint and recently got a raise.  And me, Anthony I'm started working at Vivint in September and became Employee of the Month in December.

The goal this year as a family, but mostly my personal goal is to write a new blog post every week and on occasions if time permits, a post when it matters most.

The New Year started off right.  I took Rebekah to watch a movie: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.  We all set up New Year's Resolutions and one we all have in common is to read the Book of Mormon.  We've started working on our savings plan and are currently at $700 and I even did a little freelance work the other day.  I'll share more about what happens next week since this week was a bit short.  But here are some pictures with a few explanations.

At work when you become Employee of the Month a picture of your head blown up making a silly face is put up on the wall and someone then attaches a little body to it.  On mine I was given a gangsta body.

You are also awarded a trophy that you must add something to it.  This is the 2013 trophy meaning I was the last to have it so I made sure to make it gangsta! Added the gold chain so you can put it around your neck.

On Saturday I went and freelanced for the band, Oh Be Clever.  Brittney is a fabulous singer and the songs were really good.

We all made sure to have our New Year's Resolutions finished so we can begin working on them tomorrow!

Rebekah was so excited to feed Naomi real food, but it didn't work out as planned.  The food would just fall out of her mouth and she would start sucking on the spoon and kept trying to grab it.

Rebekah and Veronica worked on building a Ginger Bread House and it turned out fantastic.  It was a Christmas Gift they got and hadn't had the chance to use it so why not today.

Rebekah is always trying to eat heathy so she started doing more food prep for the week.  Man that chicken looks good!

Let us know what kind of stuff you want us to write about in our family blog and leave us a comment?

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Expensive Dinners and Good Times

This week brought with it some new experiences some of which we'll save for our next post because we have to take a few pictures.

Let's start off with some bigger events.  Xavier no longer lives with us.  He has gone off on his own to be an adult, which is good for him and good for us.  We deeply care for Xavier and want the best for him.  Having him with us was good, but after awhile it felt like having another child that wasn't our child.

This week we went to the Romano's Macaroni Grill. Probably the most expensive family dinner date I've ever had to pay for.  But Rebekah and I needed this.  We both had a tough week at work and needed to get out of the house and spend sometime together as a family.  I didn't want Rebekah to cook and I wanted her to enjoy something tasty.  I had never been so it was a new experience for me. Veronica got mac and cheese, Bekah got Fisichiti Alfredo and I got the spiciest sausage pizza I've ever eaten in my life.  It was delicious, but each bite was painful.  What was the tab? $38 drawing on the table was fun, but that's probably the last time we're going there this year.

The Ambriz family appreciate the arts in fact I visited the BYU Museum this week to get my mind off of all the things that were going on.  I got to enjoy the We Might Be Heroes exhibit and saw things like this.

And this.

Bekah did some arts and crafts with Veronica and made this which could definitely go in a museum.

I have to say though the biggest highlight of the week was seeing our little Veronica say the 1st Article of Faith all by herself.  Rebekah had made a study guide for her and practiced with her on Saturday and Sunday morning.  She's such a good mommy and our little girl is so smart.  I'm a proud Papa!

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The Ambriz Family 2012 Recap

Oh 'ello (get ready for a long and fun post)! Here is an update since the last time we blogged was Thanksgiving 2011... November 2011: Here's a video of my sisters and Veronica having fun on the trampoline:


December 2011: Veronica and I singing one of our favorite songs:


Anthony made a fun video promo for Zypher Hats at Uncle Joel's house, here is the video and a picture of the tree:






















January:
It was a pretty dry winter but when it snowed we made sure to play in it.




















February:
Veronica's 1st Valentines Card from a friend (she was so excited about it!
Me teaching Taekwondo and Veronica doing Taekwondo
Veroncia playing on her christmas gift (Pink Horsey)

March: More Taekwondo and Chore charts
 





































April: Rebekah does a fun 5k called Color Me Rad
Veronica goes with the Millers to visit AZ

 























































May:
Sarah came to visit (videos)
Anthony went to TN to get some legal stuff figured out and be with extended family
We hiked the Y
We took silly pictures, took date nights


June:
Veronica turns 3
We go to a fun park as a family
Anthony gets to go to VIDCON for his Youtube channel
 
July: Swimming and Rock Climbing
 
August:
Veronica gets big girl sheets
Backyard camping
 
September:
Work Work Work
Veronica does Rebekah's hair
Covarrubias Siblings
Nathan off to Chile
Date Night
 
October:
Out to eat for work
Sarah and Jarrod's Wedding and receptions in AZ and Las Vegas
Anthony committing to losing weight
Sickies and cold weather
Anthony has a job interview
Making scary movies for fun
Halloween Costumes
 


 Hope you enjoyed this post :)

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