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, July 30, 2010

mommy & daddy celebrate birthdays


July is a very fun and busy month for Brad and I because we both get to celebrate our birthdays, that are only 6 days apart!

Last week, on my birthday, Brad surprised me with a delicious breakfast and my mom cooked us a special Czech dish for dinner (Svickova). I received the cutest cards from every member of our family (brad, mom, taji, and kuki (our cat!), and blew out candles on my very own cake shaped like a present. Then, sunday, my sister and family came over for a picnic at the beach.


Yesterday, on Brad's birthday, my mom cooked us Brad's favorite Czech dish (Sekana). He received funny cards from every member of our family, along with chocolates and the new Eminem CD! We also suprised him with his favorite ice cream cake! And by his request, this weekend we are going to take Taj out for his first duffy boat ride (Brad has been begging me to take him out on the boat for the last month now, but I wanted to wait until he was big enough to wear the life vest!)

In the past, Brad and I have gone "all out" spoiling each other the last wknds of the month by either going away for the wknd or doing something fabulous with our friends. But after my big and expensive 30th birthday last year, we decided to simplify each July by doing a joint birthday celebration with friends... excluding the big milestones (e.g. Brad's 40th). So this year, Brad and I took our duffy boat out on a sunset cruise with our friends and had dinner at the Cannery, while Taji stayed home with his babi.


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