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!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Labor Day Family Fun

When I think of Labor Day Wknd, I think of 2 things: 1) perfect time to catch up with family, and 2)stay as far away from the beach and other places with huge crowds! And that's just what we did! Our weekend began with lots of R&R with our little family, including an afternoon at Avocado Park. Then we met up with my sister and family at the District for some yummy lunch and bowling at the super cool Bowlmore bowling alley!

Taj loves playing with his toy bowling set at home, so we thought it would be neat for him to experience a real bowling alley, and a glow in the dark one even more so! He loved it!
He enjoyed his cousin time with Chloe, the two were inseparable:

with his teta:

Dada giving Taji some pointers!

Mama helping him bowl, he loved counting down "ready, set, GO!"

Can you believe out of us 6 players, Taj came in 2nd place! (Dada Brad was the winner!) I think us taking turns helping him bowl each time his turn came up gave him an advantage, haha! I'm embarrassed to say I bowled more gutterballs than strikes!




Then on the actual Labor Day holiday, we met up with Brad's mom (who got back from NY the night before) and sister Sherry & family at Fashion Island. We had plans to do a picnic at the park but the morning's sudden rain changed our plans. Here is grandma with her California grandkids;

We had fun shopping, playing, and strolling throughout Fashion Island, and pigging out on ice cream! The kids loved watching the fish at the koi ponds:

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