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!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Our Annual Sisters & Kiddies Weekend

Last year, my sister and I began an annual tradition we like to call the Sisters & Kiddies Weekend. Every year we grab our little munchkins and get away for the weekend. It's a bonding experience and precious quality time for us sisters and the cousins. Last year we stayed at the luxurious Bacara resort in Santa Barbara (when I photographed a wedding), and this year, spur of the moment, we decided to head down to La Jolla, play and eat, and then have a slumber party at my sister's! I'm so happy we were able to squeeze this in before baby Jax arrives!

We took the kids to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla (right by UC San Diego). I think Taji has been to every aquarium now in California! He loves the fishies!



We took these beautiful sunset pictures just before heading to dinner at Islands!




The cousins had a blast playing in the backseat of the car, Chloe makes Taj laugh and giggle SO hard! Those two are such the peanut gallery! We practiced speaking "czech" with the kids, and they just couldn't stop hugging on each other. On our way home late in the evening, the kiddies fell asleep in the car and when we got home we slid them into their beds and had wonderful sister time..... chatting until 1am!
Then the next morning, I got pampered with a prenatal massage at the Spa Gregories in RSM. Ahhh, it was a very much needed massage, soooo nice to have the quiet R&R time, to reflect on this pregnancy, and rejuvenate for the weeks to come.

Thank you Peti for another fun weekend, I'm so excited to do this every year. Next year we will be outnumbered with 2 boys and 1 girl, and I bet we will end up at yet another incredible destination. We love you and Chloenkers so much!

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