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!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

While Daddy's Away, Mommy & Taji will Play!

While Brad went to Bemus, NY for a long weekend to meet with contractors and get our summer cottage suped up for next summer, Taji and I enjoyed some wonderful mother-son bonding! Originally, Aunt Petra and cousin Chloe were supposed to come stay with us but Aunt Petra was feeling sick :( Peti, hope you feel better soon so we can get together next weekend!! This weekend also happened to be a MAJOR heatwave, and I'm not kidding...... 98 degrees at the beach, seriously?!!! We don't have air conditioning because we live by the beach, but in the last couple days I have been wishing we had it!

Taji stayed cool by lounging in his diaper.....


we tried our stroller's seat attachment, and Taj loved it! Doesn't he look like a big boy?

We played under a tree at our neighborhood park

Then today, Sunday, we waited until it cooled down and took a sunset stroll on the beach,

Taji got so many compliments and smiles on his cute Quicksilver hat..... matches daddy's!

We can't wait for Daddy to come home tomorrow..... but Mommy got so used to having Taj all to herself that she will have a hard time sharing him! ;)
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