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!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Girls Gone Wild

This past weekend, Laura and I hosted an ultra swanky bachelorette party for our good friend Jane! It was the bride-to-be's last fling before the official ring, at the St. Regis Resort in Dana Point! I had so much fun designing the theme (hot pink and black, feathers & pearl theme!), taking some of the fun fond things from my own bachelorette party and incorporating it into Jane's. We had lots of surprises in store for her, including the location! I baked these hot pink mini cupcakes with sugar pearls on top:

Laura had the party catered with yummy Greek food:

Here we are playing the infamous and scandalous "I Never" drinking game (mine and Barbara's shot glasses had water in it for your info.... we were the only 2 preggos!)


Then..... there was a knock at the door! Who could it be? Hotel Concierge? "Did somebody order room service or just a stripper-a-gram?!!!" This is the only pic I can share of Jane's stripper surprise, the rest are just too R-rated for this blog!
Laura and I got her good!!! But we weren't done yet!!! (here we are with the bachelorette in the middle)
We had an elegant surprise dinner waiting for her at Motif restaurant at the resort......
After a crazy day and classy dinner evening with the girls, we resided to our room and slept in without being woken up by the babies! Ah, first time for me being away from my boys and having an overnight girls nite! Looking forward to a girls Vegas Trip after Baby Jax arrives! In the morning before we checked out, we had one last surprise for our wonderful friend, a massage at the spa!
Thanks to my partner-in-crime Laura for helping me put this shin-dig together, what a blast! Now we are looking forward to the fabulous Palm Springs 3-night wedding extravaganza the bride and groom have in store!

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