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 11, 2011

Taj & Company

Taj's last eventful month of birthday parties, dates with the girls, and more parties- Superbowl.

Ryan's 1st Birthday:
Ryan celebrated his first birthday at My Gym (same place where Chloe celebrated her 1st!) Taj got to spend time with the birthday boy and his bud Cade. The boys had fun at the kids' gym, lots of exciting songs, play, and equipment to bounce on.






Cousin Chloe's 6th Birthday Party:
Chloe's party was animal print themed so Taj naturally arrived in his tiger outfit ;) he was the only boy but boy oh boy did the girls love him! Chloe loved to hold him and show him off to her friends!



Date with Miss Brooklyn and Miss Summer-
the 1st pic is of beautiful baby Brooklyn (just 2 weeks old in this photo). Laura, Patty, and I took the babies to Kindermusik class and then had lunch afterwards.





Playdate with Miss Dorothy at Pioneer Park:
Taj and Dorothy (Dj) loved to swing together and go down the slide with their mommies. Our friend Shannon even joined us and had fun cuddling with the babes.





Superbowl Party Sunday:
Taj went Superbowl party hopping for the very first time. An annual tradition I'm pretty sure. First, we hopped over to the Brandts' where he "chilled" with Regan, then off to his uncle griffin and auntie jane's adult party where the ladies once again swooned over him. He wasn't top thrilled with all the cheering and loud tv though.... i'm sure being a boy he will quickly adapt to it ;) Look closely at Taj's t-shirt... this is a gift from Uncle Trip.... yup pretty risque but I told Brad he was only allowed to wear it out to our friend's house, not public (for obvious reasons.) Everybody thought it was hilarious..... poor Taji


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