Through the Years - Part 4

Now back to my "through the years" posts. 

2009 was a fun year.  In January I ran my very first marathon with my Mom.  


Running down Allen Parkway - in the home stretch!

 

My Mom and I with our finishers medals.

 

Andrew surprised me with a Gucci purse as a reward for finishing the marathon.


 In May 2009 Andrew's little sister, Allison married her high school sweetheart at the family's bay house in POC.  the wedding was beautiful and we had a great time celebrating with family and friends.

 During the summer of 2009 Andrew and I went on our very first cruise.  Even better than a cruise, it was a Mediterranean cruise.  I absolutely loved seeing Europe this way.  We got to see Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Pompeii, Isle of Capri, Santorini, Rhodes, and Mykonos.  We went on the cruise for Andrew's Uncle's wedding.  Prior to the cruise Aislynn and I went to Dublin for a few days and then flew to Rome.  Andrew met up with us in Rome.

Andrew and I in Roma!  Check out that stache!




Doing a wine tasting on the cruise.




In Athens at the Olympic stadium.




In Athens at the Acropolis.




Isle of Capri - one of my favorite stops.



Touring the Pompeii ruins.



At the Colosseum.


In August of 2009 Aislynn and Luke got married in a civil ceremony and Aislynn joined Luke in Chicago for his intern year.  In the fall of 2009 Andrew and I were able to visit them in Chicago.  What a beautiful city in the fall.  I loved running along the lakefront and spending time exploring the city.  We also had fun shopping at a Farmer's Market and cooking for the guys.




At Hot Doug's - best hot dogs ever!

 

Waiting in line at Hot Doug's.



Riding the L train.

In November of 2009 Andrew and I went to New York City for the ING NYC Marathon.  I only have one picture and unfortunately my eyes are closed.  Oh well.  This was by far my favorite marathon.  The crowd support is amazing and it is such a fun way to see so many parts of the city that you might not visit otherwise.  I highly recommend signing up for the race lottery if you ever get the chance.

We spent Christmas 2009 down in POC relaxing at the beach with Andrew's family. 




At Sunday Beach with Cooper.


2010 was also an exciting year.  In late February 2010 we found out we were expecting our first baby.  Both my Dad and Andrew's Mom have March birthdays, so we used their birthdays as our baby announcement.  Both grandparents got birthday presents cluing them in on the upcoming baby.  It was a fun way to share the exciting news.  I'm surprised no one knew we were pregnant before then since I had been skipping margaritas and wine, which is very unlike me. 




Baby Walker Announcement/Grandpa Clarke's birthday.




Rodeo - where I had to pretend to drink a margarita to fool my parents.

 In April on 2010 we all headed to Acapulco for Luke and Aislynn's wedding.  This was one of the most fun weddings I have ever been to.  That is saying a lot since I was 11 weeks pregnant with Autumn and couldn't drink a drop of alcohol.




Bride and Groom celebrating before the wedding.



Brothers . . .



Stache Brothers.





Don't worry - it's a virgin margarita and Andrew's cigar.


In May 2010 Andrew and I headed to Little Rock for the Allison (his Mom's side) family reunion.  We had a great time getting to know some of Andrew's more distant relatives.

In June we headed to the Beman's Lake House on Lake Travis for a weekend and enjoyed some good times with friends.

In June we found out that Baby Walker was going to be Autumn Walker.  Andrew and I had picked out the name Autumn for our firstborn daughter a long time ago (I think in high school or maybe college).  As soon as we found out we were having a girl we knew what her name would be.




Father's Day 2010 - a new golf bag and baby girl golf booties.




Me on Father's Day weekend 2010.


In late June/early July Andrew and I headed to Scotland for a "babymoon" of sorts with our good friends Mike and Emily Beman.  We started in Edinburgh and then headed to Inverness (Loch Ness), Dornoch (northeast of Scotland), and then onto Craigellachie (in the Speyside region).  We spent a night or two in a medieval castle and toured a couple of scotch distilleries.  My favorite part was getting a spa day and having high tea at the Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews.  Andrew and Mike golfed the Castle course there while Emily and I had a very relaxing day.  After Scotland we made a quick stop in Amsterdam, touring the Heineken factory, and then onto Paris to watch the final game of the World Cup before heading home.




Edinburgh at night.




View from the Edinburgh Castle.




The Scotch Whiskey Experience in Edinburgh.




Touring Loch Ness.




Touring the Castle on Loch Ness.




On the beach in Dornoch.




Touring the MacAllan Distillery.




Watching the World Cup in Paris.



This pretty much wraps up all of the pictures of Andrew and I that I have pre-Autumn.  Tomorrow I will share some of our highlights from the last 21 months (most of which revolve around a certain little girl).