December Mom of the Month!

Meet Sylvia Salyer our December Mom of the Month!

Sylvia is a new member, joining the ranks of Stroller Strides on October 28th! Since that time she has has hardly missed a class. This might not seem like a big deal to some but I tend to think this is pretty impressive. In the month of November Sylvia attended 18 out of 21 classes that were offered. She's a full time stay at home Mom, to three kiddos, Bianca, Bradley and Bill (pictured) and does it all solo, as her husband is off serving the Country in Cuba. I'd say being a single parent and coming to Stroller Strides that consistently has earned Sylvia the role of December Mom of the Month. Sylvia is doing a GREAT job at working out everyday and has really been giving it her "A" game since she has started.

Amazing Race!!!

Today was our Amazing Race challenge day. Last week I set everyone up on teams and asked that they really give it their all and come up with team themes and decorate their strollers. I am SOOO impressed with my hard working Stroller Strides Mamas. I was really blown away by all your creativity and how well this whole thing work. SO amazing. You ladies and Moms are awesome and proved today how much fun class can be. Great Job Ladies...here's to more fun challenges in the future!!

 Camo Cuties

 Mother Goose (Hey Diddle Diddle, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, and Humpty Dumpty)

 Fiesta Fitness

 USA

 We'll Gobble You Up!

 At their first fitness island.

 Challenge: picking up cups (there were 196), counting them, and putting them back down for the next team

 running back down the hill

 getting to the leg station

 coming back for a "That's How We Roll Challenge"

 Humpty Dumpty

 May Mary...

 Fiesta babies

 running up the hill

 a Camo cutie for sure

 Team USA, Sarah lucked out, the twins were hungry so our helper Moms fed the babies while she worked out without a stroller

 Impressing me to the FULLEST....these Moms taught a total stranger how to do the "monkey" exercise!

 WINNERS!!! Fiesta Fitness

2nd place.

We'll Gobble You Up, came in as our winner for decorating. I asked the total stranger to pick the winning team for stroller decoration and she said that since it was November their theme was most accurate. She mentioned that the Camo Cuties were 2nd since it's hunting season, and also Team USA since yesterday was Veteran's Day.

You all did SUCH an amazing job and I am SOOOOO blown away by the decorations and total enthusiasm for today's race. This is for sure going to be done in the future. Great Job ladies. You also completed a REALLY HARD WOKOUT....

November Mom of the Month

 Our November Mom of the Month is Susanne Laws!!!

Susuanne (pictured above with daughter Frannie, and when she was pregnant with Frannie) has been attending Stroller Strides since 2007. She is our longest attending member to date and we are so glad that she's stuck with Stroller Strides for so long. Her son Riley was born in February 2007 and she joined when he was just 6 weeks old. Since then she has been a regular attendee and welcomed daughter Frannie in 2009. She worked out the entire time she was pregnant and was back as soon as the Dr. cleared her. Even though her oldest is in school, she still attends regularly with Frannie.  Susanne has had a really fit year! She has been running more on her own the days she can not come to class, and this year she joined the ranks on our Beach to Bay team. She's funny, smart and always makes us laugh. Here's to many more workouts Susanne...you ROCK!

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch!

Today was a GREAT day, a little warm for October if you ask me, but great none the less. We had an AWESOME turnout in class, with 18 fit Moms, 4 of which we new members! Welcome Claudia, Emily, Karla and Maria. We're thrilled you joined and look forward to seeing you on a daily basis. After class we headed over to Asbury Church for a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We had lots of fun making our kids pose next to the hay bales and pumpkins. Next week we're making Halloween crafts after class, hopefully the weather will be just as nice! 

 Getting ready to work our arms

 There were so many of us I couldn't even get everyone in the picture!!!!

 Awesome wall sits! Proof you CAN work out anywhere!

 Sweet Miss Emma G

 Travis, he's not happy but who can blame him, hay hurts :)

 The Havelka kiddos

 Mr. Matthew!!!

 Reese and Claire

Posing for his facebook profile pic...(kidding obviously he's too young for facebook)

A New start!

As many of you know, or may not know, Stroller Strides of Corpus Christi is under new ownership. Our fearless leader, Rebecca Haug and her family are headed to the big "D", and I mean Dallas (Weatherford to be exact) so she said a very sad good-bye to her Stroller Strides Family. I took over (Sara Bading) on October 1st, I hope that I can make Rebecca proud, AND continue to work my Corpus Christi Mamas into shape. I have been teaching classes 1-2 times a week for Rebecca since 2009 and am very excited to take on the challenge of being a Stroller Strides Fanchisee!
I am going to start doing a feature on our blog called "Mom of the Month". I figured this would be a nice way to showcase all the hard work these Moms do on a daily basis and show the world how fit and strong we really are.
This month we're kicking it off with a bang. October's Mom of the Month is Sarah Johnson!!!
Sarah is 5 weeks (she got the all clear from her OBGYN to start working out again) post-partum. Yes she's not only back to working out but did I mention she had TWINS, Camdyn and Delainey, 5 weeks ago. PLUS she has an 18 month old son name Cole. Sarah braved class this week sporting her new triple stroller but more impressive is that she made it to class ON TIME! If Sarah can get 3 babies under 2 up, fed and out the door to make it to class on time so can you! Sarah attended class about half on her pregnancy and delivered a few weeks early but was eager to get back to class and out of the house. I am so impressed that she's out there at 9:30 a.m. working out, pushing all that weight and still as happy and cheerful as the rest of us (even with her sleep deprivation)
Sarah you ROCK! You impressed a lot of us when we saw you show up to class on Monday as we all oohed and aahed over those sweet babies, and the awesome stroller you found to accommodate your needs. Keep up the good work, you truly are FIT FOR MOTHERHOOD!

If you are interested in coming to class please visit our website strollerstrides.net/corpuschristi for class times and locations.

LUNAFEST & Stroller Strides

Stroller Strides of Corpus Christi is so excited to announce that they will host LUNAFEST on Thursday April 29th, 2010 6:30 p.m. at Aria Sky Terrace & Lounge. LUNAFEST is a short film festival By...For...About Women. The festival is designed to bring together women throughout the community to help raise funds for the Breast Cancer Fund and YWCA of Corpus Christi. We are currently in the beginning stages of planning our event. If you would like to be involved please contact Rebecca @ rhaug@strollerstrides.net. We have 3 levels of sponsorship available and other ways you can contribute to this awesome event. You can also visit www.lunafest.org for more information.