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, April 22, 2011

Last wknd's F.U.N.

Okay, so i'm a week a late but I had to post these pictures from our fun-filled "when daddy's away, mommy and Taji will play" last wknd! I love my mother-son time! Last Saturday, Taji's buddy Regan celebrated his 1st bday and we were there to witness it! The gorgeous "hungry caterpillar" themed party at the park was so creative and fun. Jamie did an incredible job with the details and the caterpillar cake and cupcakes. As you can see below, Regan enjoyed his first taste of sugar!




Then right after the party we headed home to meet up with Auntie Peta and cousin Chloe who drove up for a slumber party weekend! We took the kids to the Pet Expo at the OC Fairgrounds. We saw lots and lots of doggies; Taj was in puppy heaven. We watched the "jump" dog show and "splash dogs" dogshow, and bought the kids the cutest puppets. You could spend all day at the expo.... I love that they had adoptions there as well. We saw the prettiest miniature Huskies with blue eyes, they were a rare breed!


Taji loves his aunt, she is always there for him!


We picked up sushi on our way home, the kids took a bath, we put them to bed, and then we had our sister time. We stayed up till 1am talking.... haven't stayed up that late in soooo long! Love the time my sister and I have to catch up and discuss life.

The next morning we tried to sleep in and get as much rest in, skyped with babi and deda, and then we went to Chloe's first soccer game!! She was one of 2 girls on the team, the rest were boys! We are proud of her, and even though we weren't supposed to be keeping score, her team, the Lightnings won! Taji and I came dressed in yellow to support the team's colors, he was fascinated with the ball being kicked around and tried so many times to crawl into the game!










So there you have it! That was our last weekend.... this weekend we are bracing for another jam-packed mommy-daddy date, easter family sunday kinda weekend!

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