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!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Our final week in California

In our last week in CA, we spent a lot of time with my family (my mom, sister and her family.) Got one last slumber party weekend in (and I got a lot of packing in, thanks to them!)  Taji got in some good Chloe-time with his idol cousin (pictures coming soon!), and I had very good bonding time with my mom and sister at the Pelican Hill Spa and True Foods dinner:

(teta & jax bonding time)

We squeezed in our last park playdate with our friends Michelle, Cade, and Berkley:
And many friends stopped by to say goodbye and see the boys (including Jane & Griffin pictured below, Dianka, Ashley & Maddy). A last girls nite (with Jane, Salma, and Allison), and last girls lunch date (with 9 months pregnant Laura, who gave birth right before we left CA so I was excited to meet her 2nd darling daughter! Perfect timing, right?!)
Sam came over practically every day to help entertain the boys, while I packed box after box.  She even ran last minute errands for us! The boys and us will miss her so much, because she is a 1 in a million babysitter! She has always gone above and beyond for us at the drop of a hat, and I have so many friends begging to steal her now that we have moved. (I say now, I wish we could have cloned her and brought her with us to NY!)
We were also lucky enough to have Grandma Sue & Poppa Gene, and Aunt Sherry with the kids help us out by taking the boys to the park and babysitting while we got some more last minute packing in.  Just in the knick of time, Brad sold his golf cart (Taji got so attached to it, that Brad promised him he was going to buy an even cooler one in NY!)
Between all of the activities, visitors, and such, packing boxes consumed our lives so much that I even dreamed about it.  Maybe because every room had a stack of boxes, and smelled of cardboard and tape!


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