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!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Playdates Galore

Taji and I love our playdates, and it seems like we are lucky to have one almost every week with our little buddies! A couple of weeks ago we visited my good friend Kristen and her kiddies in LA. We met at Giggles & Hugs at the Century City Mall, a super cute restaurant for families, where they also have a fun indoor play place for the kids. We dined, we played, we laughed, and we had a fantastic quality time with auntie Kiki, Ella bella, and Prince William (who is a little under 3 months younger than Taj.) We hope to see them very soon again, we just can't get enough of their company :)







Then last week, another close friend of mine, auntie Laura, took the day off of work and we had a fabulous lunch at Fashion Island with her sweet 4 month old Brooklyn! Taj thinks Brooklyn is very pretty, he wanted to crawl in her stroller just so he could sit next to her! These two will grow up playing together and probably attend the same high school, since we live so close! Maybe they will even date, ha ha! Anyhow, FI was a blast, it was such a warm summery day, Taj was so excited to walk around and look at the water fountains, koi fish, and on one of the pcs below you will see him walking to his favorite, Russos Pets, to hang with his puppy friends :)






1 comment:

  1. Haha! It looks like I am going to eat Taji :) It was so good to see you two! We will have to venture to see you in sunny CDM next time. Happy Mother's DAY! You are a truly beautiful momma inside and out!

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