our story

It all began on the evening of Nov 29th 2003, at former Chat Noir French Restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA. Brad approached me [Jana] and we instantly connected; it was love at first sight. The next 4 years that followed were a whirlwind of romance, growing pains, and adventures. We circled the globe, traveling to South America, Europe, and Asia. Then one night, Brad surprised me with a romantic beachside proposal. We made it official on August 23rd 2008 with an intimate wedding at a hip art gallery in Laguna Beach. A year later we finished redesigning our home in the beach village of Corona del Mar.

On May 18th, 2010, we were blessed with a sweet little miracle of our own, our baby boy Taj Leon. He stole our hearts and took our breath away! Then, 19 months later, his incredible little brother, Jax Franz, arrived on Christmas morning (December 25th) 2011. What an amazing gift we received! In an effort to slow down the clock and enjoy our beautiful family, in Spring of 2012, we sold our CA seaside home and moved across the country to our dream lake house in Brad's hometown of Bemus Point, a resort village on Chautauqua Lake in Western New York! Even though we are living a more slow paced life, we are living a life far from ordinary!

From the West Coast to the East Coast, our Grover family adventures continue! So won't you come along and join us on this journey of love, family, and travel we like to call our La Vida Grover!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Hooray!!

Great news!!! The same day that Brad hired a full-time office manager, my principal accepted my proposal for a part-time school psychologist position next school year!!! Brad and I are thrilled and feel so fortunate to be able to balance our wonderful careers with family :) I couldn't have picked a better and more family-friendly field to work in, seriously!!! My standard full-time position is only 190 days out of the year, and we have numerous 3-4 day holiday wknds, 1wk thanksgiving break, 3wk winter break, 2wk spring break, and a 1.5 month summer as it is!!! But starting next year, i will only be working on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays (with a half day every other wednesday!) This will allow me to be the dedicated mommy i desire to be as well as continuing my school psychologist service to my school! On Mondays and Wednesdays, I will take our little guy with me to Anaheim Hills to a local home day-care while I go to work, and then on Fridays Brad will have his father-son time! Brad is so happy to finally have help in the office, he hired a great office manager that has years of experience, and will especially assist Brad in organizing all the tedious and time-consuming things. Brad will then be able to work from home when he wants to, have a flexible schedule, and more free time to spend with his new family!


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In other news, we sold our guestroom furniture (from our smaller guestroom) in less than 24hours on Craigslist, ordered and had all of baby's furniture delivered, as well as his bedding! Now all we have to do is paint the nursery, and put the crib and other furniture together. The designers-at-heart that we are, we couldn't resist designing our baby boy's room. So you can be sure we'll post the before and after pics as soon as we are done! Stay tuned...... :)

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