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, January 30, 2011

Irvine Park and Zoo

On Saturday, another one of our family day, we took Taj to Irvine Park and the OC Zoo. Since he has become so interested in animals (puppies!), we thought it was the perfect time to show him some of the animals at the Zoo. It was also our first time at Irvine Regional Park, a neat little place with a lake, playgrounds galore, a choo choo train that goes around the whole park, lots of horses and pony rides, and plenty of nature trails to explore and go bike-riding on. We plan to come back here in the Spring with our bikes (and a bike seat for Taji when he is big enough.) The weather turned out very nice for the day, and we had a wonderful time on our stroller walk around the park and zoo!
The brown bear, burro (donkey), mountain lion, bobcats, anteater, potbellied pigs, bald eagles, and loud peacocks were some of the highlights at the zoo, but Taji's favorite part was the Children's Petting zoo, where he got to pet the miniature goats and watch other children feed them.


After the zoo, we played at the playground. Taj loved going down the slide and riding the bouncing animals. We also waved at the train passing by and watched the little ponies at the pony rides area..... one day in the near future Taji will love riding those ponies :)


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