About

Hi! I'm Elise. 

Thanks for visiting! I love to share what's going on in my life and i also LOVE to share with you my passions! (i happen to have a lot of them). 

Three of the cutest kids you'll ever meet call me mom, 2 boys and 1 girl, they are my life, the reason for most of the things i do, for sure the reason why i strive to make health my style. I want them to grow up already living a healthy, happy lifestyle. AND i'm lucky enough to have one hot stud-muffin of a husband too. He's name is John but i refer to him as my FC (freakin funny, fabulous, Cowboy) I sure do love him. He is my rock. He is always encouraging me to reach my dreams, he's even awesome enough to join me for some of them (lucky man!). 

We live in the-middle-of-nowhere Utah. Our neck of the woods (or maybe i should say "mountains") is one of the prettiest I've ever seen and we have gorgeous views just outside our window. Since the nearest Walmart is 1 hour away and the nearest grocery store is 30 minutes I am surrounded by amazing ladies that are as domestic as they come. Canning, drying, even butchering their own meat, they are INTENSE and I'm learning from them (all but the butchering part...yeah, i don't think i'll ever be THAT cool) I'm starting this blog because its therapeutic for me. Its a place where i can put my thoughts, talk things through for myself, and hopefully, just hopefully, help you along your journey as well. 

I LOVE health. I love taking control of the that part of my life. I love the way i feel when i'm being good to my body (by eating clean, exercising, getting enough sleep etc). This is probably what I'm MOST passionate about and I LOVE to share all the great things i find and try BUT i do love so many other things that occasionally make an appearance here. 

I think the reason I have this obsession with health is because of something i've had to deal with for the better part of my life. Its alopecia. I am bald. Being in high school and being the bald girl was no fun. In college it didn't get any better. In fact my whole life (since i was 11) i've tried to get my hair back but to no avail. I'm still bald. This has been a huge struggle for me, one i'm still striving to overcome BUT I have learned a few things along the way that i hope to share with you. I hope i can inspire you. Not because i'm some amazing women who's beat all kinds of odds but just because i'm me. I'm bald, my husband thinks i'm still beautiful, i don't want to pretend that i'm someone i'm not 

Here is a list of my passions, in no particular order:

pinterest. walks with my family. fitness. cooking and eating yummy, delectable stuff. clean eating. minimalism (striving to make my life simpler). shopping. de-junking. traveling. friends. family. dreaming of future plans. water skiiing. ultimate frisbee. races. pictures. water. keeping my kitchen clean. my faith. snowboarding. reading. my iphone. being "mom". healthifying food. 

And along with all of that, can i just say that i LOVE that strong is the new skinny. I never rocked the whole skinny thing real great but i CAN rock the strong. I love that there's this HUGE movement to love on our bodies and to take good care of them! I could talk health, fitness, exercise, etc probably ALL DAY. But for the sake of all those in my life, i do refrain. 

I'm also lucky enough to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am a mormon. I would be lost without my faith.  

Well, that is me. i hope you stay and look around. I hope we can learn from each other. I hope you don't mind my quirkiness, i think we'll get along nicely... as long as you can handle the fact that i don't capitalize me i's, i think we'll be just fine! Happy Day!