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, October 16, 2012

Backyard Fun - Fall 2012

Around here, we teach our little ones work ethic by raking leaves, ha ha!
 Taj loves raking leaves.... and then running and jumping into leaf piles! 
 Lots of leaves from the numerous trees in our yard= HUGE leaf piles!   
Huge leaf piles= LOTS of fun!

That is what is wonderful about our new life, whatever the weather or temperature outside may be on any particular day, we have a big toasty home to play in.  But then, when its sunny, guess what we do? We bundle up, open the door, and run outside to our backyard paradise!!!! As I have learned, every season brings new activities and new fun!  Oh the fun the boys have being outdoors! Lucky for us, the environment we live in allows us to be as free and silly as we want to be!  Its the most special thing to watch the excitement and the awe through a child's eyes, and even more special to feel like a child.  (Since all of the seasons and weather changes are new to me, I really do love it and enjoy it like a child!)

Evidence that we (meaning I..... the boys just rolled around in the leaf piles) raked the leaves today........ just in case the wind or animals destroy them! :)

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