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 19, 2012

From Surfer Dudes to Country Boys

My little boys went from being California surfer boys to New York country boys!  The nature, the vintage wagons and tractor, the cool beverage tubs, baskets, adirondack chair.......... means only one thing ladies and gentlemen..... PHOTO SHOOT TIME! 
Great timing too..... we needed to commemorate 2 milestones: Taj's 2 year old portrait and Jax's 1/2 year old portraits!
Thanks to my friend Amanda, her and I spent all morning last Friday photographing the boys in the backyard of the cottage.  All we have to do is walk outside and we are surrounded by this amazing nature.  Makes for picture perfect backdrops doesn't it?




 Here is our funny 2 year old, the Taj-meister:




Here is our sweet pea 6 month old, the Jax-meister:




Look what we found....a baby in a bucket!


And an adorable monkey in a tree:





Taj got jealous, and wanted us to take a photo of him in the basket too!

Rub a dub dub...... 2 brothers in a tub!
This last one is going in the boys' bathroom in the new house!
As you can see, we liked putting Jax in a tub, basket, bucket..... whatever we could find, because he not only looked cute but we distracted him from tearing out and eating the grass!
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