ABOUT ME
Chef.
Registered Dietitian.
Photographer.
Foster mom.
Yup, you read those right. I’m a Chef, Registered Dietitian, photographer, foster, adoptive and biological mom. Clearly, I’m one of those people that likes to take on too much.
But I am also one of those lucky people that not only has one thing they are passionate about but a handful and I’ve gotten to do them all which is pretty freaking awesome. But anyone who knows me knows I LOVE to talk about pretty much anything and everything and I’ve wanted a space to put all my thoughts for quite some time now.
So here it is. Peas and Pixels.
It’s a little bit of everything. First and foremost I promise to share some tasty delicious recipes (mostly because friends and family have been begging me to start a food blog since before blogging became a thing) but I will also be sharing some good old-fashioned nutrition advice from a more holistic side, a little bit of what my life looks like in general, and my journey as a foster mom and parent.
My original bio for this page read: “The blog will grow as I grow and my family grows with the goal of adding some biological children and some more foster kiddos to our home to the lofty goal of growing all my own fruits and vegetables and raising chickens.”
And well 3 years later and there are two more kiddos in the mix but no chickens just yet.
I’m crunchy but not too crunchy, opinionated but open-minded, loud but excited, and pretty much obsessed with food so read it all or pick and choose the topics that you find the most interesting.
Want to know a little more about Peas & Pixels check out But First…
Let me introduce you to my person: This is Kevin
I’d love to say long story short but in our case, our story is actually really short. Met on a dating app (yup, one of those couples), talked for a few weeks, finally went on a date and pretty much decided on date #2 that we found our person and we were getting married. Got engaged 5 months later and tied the knot on the anniversary of our first date. “When you know you know” apparently isn’t just something people say, it’s actually a thing.
Our life is crazy beautiful in all the best ways possible and pretty entertaining most days so you will for sure hear his name dropped every once in a while around here so I figured why not have a face to put to the name, right?
My other people:
Turns out I guess I was meant to be a boy mom because now I’ve got 3.
Little man was my first foster placement. He came into my life at just 12 days old and is now almost 5. He is the baby that made me a mom and I’m pretty sure he totally gets the magnitude of that.
About 6 months before we adopted little man we took placement of baby C who is now 3 and after a very emotional case that we were really hoping was going to reunification he will be staying forever. He is for sure the kiddo that has taught me the most about myself, foster care, and parenting in general.
And because 2 was definitely not enough, about 6 months after taking in baby C we got pregnant and added our last little guy to the family.
We have 3, 4 and under and yes that’s as crazy and chaotic as you’d imagine but it’s a beautiful chaos I wouldn’t trade for anything.
