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!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Taj's (and Mama & Dada's) first Overnighter

Last weekend was my birthday and because Brad's bday and mine are so close together we have been doing joint celebrations. This birthday year was no exception. We headed out to LA to go on our first adult overnight trip sans baby!! It was terrifying at first to be away from Taji 24 hours, but because he was in the care of my sister, his teta, it was a piece of mind and we enjoyed ourselves. Our LA shopping, fancy dinner, swanky hotel with breakfast in bed made us realize we still know how to "party" and have a good time! We are actually going back to the city of Angels for a Part 2 of our bday celebration next weekend (but no overnighter this time). As a surprise I booked a TMZ hollywood tour for Brad and I (Brad is obsessed with the show, we think its pretty entertaining)! We scheduled it for when we were out there but because we got caught up in horrid traffic getting to LA, they moved us to a different weekend :) Gotta say, it is nice to spend solo time with my husband!! And while we were playing in LA, Taji was having slumber party with his cousin Chloe!!!


(my sister sent me this picture Sunday morning at breakfast)


Petra reported he spent the weekend in his diaper (he did not want to wear his clothes, and would say "Ow!" and tug at his clothes when he had them on!) LOL He also spent both days in the pool, like a little fishie.... taking after his cousin Chloe who is such a pro swimmer!


My sister is an expert swim teacher (she has years of lifegaurd experience and was on the swim team,) she taught Chloe how to swim at a young age and now she is teaching Tajinek! We are so lucky to have her!

She taught him how to kick his legs while on his back, blow bubbles, and how to hold on to the edge of the pool, all in one weekend! She said he picked it up so fast!



Upon returning from our LA overnighter, we couldn't wait to join up with the Fetters Trio and play in the pool with Taji.


My sister even surprised us with our own cupcakes and birthday presents! Thanks Peti, Bryan, and Chloe for taking such good care of our precious cargo! Taji had a blast and is excited to do it again!


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