Attempting Paleo

Luke has been doing Crossfit consistently since January/February of this year. He has started to see a lot of positive results. Along with Crossfit they recommend doing Paleo or a caveman type diet. I like to think of it as a less stringent Adkins diet. We decided this past weekend we would start to slowly transition. We’re not going to take it seriously or cut any major food groups from our diet, but wanted to try and eat 70 – 80% Paleo. This past Saturday was our first full meal. We made homemade meatballs and homemade marinara sauce. It was DIVINE! We have always wanted to make our own marinara sauce and finally took the time this past weekend. We even bought a bigger food processor for the chore. Alex is working a conversion for the next 2 weeks, which tends to make dieting a little difficult. She sits in a room full of cookies, chips, pop, candy, etc. anything you could possibly imagine, but is trying her best despite her surroundings. Here’s to a healthier Albertson household!


A picture of the our delicious dinner!

Lake Martin, AL

I thought I should do a post on the lake Luke and I have spent a lot of time this summer. It’s located in Equality, AL about 45 minutes from our house in Montgomery. Our friend Kevin has a boat there and we have been out on the lake several times this summer. It’s a very clean man-made lake created and maintained by Alabama Power. We usually leave our house in the morning and get there by 11:00, load the boat, and spend the day either riding around or swimming near Chimney Rock. It’s a pretty big rock where boats gather, and people climb up on the rock and jump off. Luke actually jumped off “Chicken” rock a few weeks ago, which is a little shorter than Chimney Rock. Around 2:00 – 3:00 we frequent Chuck’s marina, which is a really great pizza place! Below are various pictures that have been taken during our weekends spent at the lake.

Weekend Update

Luke and I spent a lot of the past weekend traveling. We flew into Kansas City, MO drove to Hastings, NE to visit Luke’s family (Stephanie, Matt, Saylor, and Tagg Pershing). We had a wonderful visit with a few HOME cooked meal s– always a big win for me. We got a grand tour of Hastings, NE and spend the evening talking and catching up. It was a really fun visit. The next day we drove to Salina, KS for Katie and Regan’s wedding. Katie and Regan are good friends of ours from Kansas City, and we met while I was still with Cerner. Here are a few pictures from our adventures this past weekend.


The newly weds! Congrats Katie and Regan!


Luke and I at the wedding


Windmill we saw while driving....either in Nebraska or Kansas


Luke trying to figure out how we're going to get to Hastings.


Flooding on the way to Hastings, NE