Gallery

Many of our favorite moments together, and some of the moments that led us there, formatted into a square at our website operator's insistence. We have many beautiful photos from our time together, but, alas, these are not them. These are the rare photos we’ve managed to take with the two of us both in frame, but often while doing fun things. If you click on each photo, you can read a little bit about its significance to us.

Right after we got engaged next to Moonlight Falls in our favorite place, the Eastern Sierra

Leila always insisted on dressing herself

And Erik was a dapper kid, as well.

Erik comes from a seafaring family, hence the outfit.

Leila does not, hence the tears.

Leila would eventually earn her black belt.

Erik would not.

Leila still loves to cook

And Erik still loves getting very angry at the Dodgers when they fail to execute.

Leila would eventually grow into her forehead.

And Erik would grow into his head.

And in 2011, we would meet in Accra, Ghana. Here we are a few weeks after meeting.

Erik supporting Leila while representing the University of Ghana’s TaeKwonDo team at a sparring competition in 2012. Leila lost. Badly.

3 deep on a motorcycle on our way to summit Mt. Afadjato, considered (by some) to be the tallest mountain in Ghana. 2012.

Our first Christmas together at our home in Indiana, 2021

The trip to Arizona that made roadtripping to the southwest a biannual tradition

The trip that made us fall in love with the Eastern Sierra

A self-explanatory family Christmas portrait

On top of Lassen Peak

Visiting Leila's parents in France

Cancelled our 6 day backpacking trip and instead frantically planned an Oregon trip with 2 days notice because we wanted to give Schroeder his best summer ever. (We did).