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!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Baby's first Easter

Hope everybunny had a good easter! It was Taji's first, so we had to go all out. Hence, the easter bunny coconut carrot cake I baked above! The Grovers hosted an Easter Sunday Brunch this year. The Fetters family joined us on the fun, and my friend Beth (from Hawaii) even stopped to visit so she could meet Taj for the first time (he was tired and cranky in this photo.)

We feasted on bagels, cream cheese, and lox, as well as an egg scramble of peppers, cheese, and ham! I made fresh squeezed OJ too!


This was Taj's easter outfit...... he was modeling it standing and walking.



His new favorite "spot", sitting on the first step of the stairs. He's also challenging himself to walk down the stairs standing, holding on to the wall (life has become A LOT more interesting for him and us!) Taj's new saying of the day was "wow wow wow"
After Brunch (more like lunch!) we walked over to our neighborhood park for Taj's first ever easter egg hunt!



I swear they enjoyed hunting for eggs!!!! LOL
FAMILY FLANNEL "FOTO" SHOOT (my sister's idea since the weather was so dreary and cold!)





After the park, we headed home to paint some eggs....... Nice job Chloe!
And in perfect Czech tradition made these beautiful personalized easter egss for the kids (that are a keepsake and get brought out year after year on Easter.) The shell of the egg is pierced on the top and bottom and the yolk is blown out so it ends up being hollow! All my sister's creativity!

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