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!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

A SUPER Grover Halloween 2012

the costumes...... we love our Sesame Street!

the pumpkins: Grover "g", Elmo, BEMUS, and the kids' shape sorter pumpkin (Taj had fun poking the pumpkin and coloring on it with crayons, and painting the Elmo pumpkin red :)

The annual Steen-Nolan Adults Halloween Party 
(in a huge barn converted into a venue/bar!) 
They had food, booze, and a live band.  There was so many creative, homemade, and super crazy costumes! It was a lot of fun!

 Super-Grover and Big Bird with the Royal Tenenbaums (Kristina and Greg)



 Josh and Amanda going as Dog the Bounty Hunter and busty Beth!! 
Their costume was the FUNNIEST


the Hulk


Halloween Trick or Treating with the Dawes and Rodger Families:








This year, Taj not only went trick or treating on Halloween night, he also went trick or treating during his Pre-Preschool's Halloween Party at the YMCA, and at Bemus Elementary's Fun Fair.  Lots of practice trick or treating, as well as reading all the Halloween books from the library.  Loved Halloween this year, we were in the spirit all month long!!!

The Treats: lets not forget all of the festive treats I made......
 Banana Creepy Crawlers for Taj's Friday Pre- Preschool class halloween party

Nutella Whipped Cream spider cupcakes for the Steen-Nolan Party

also, pumpkin pie bars (that had cream cheese on top!)  These, I did not get a picture of but they were yummy!!
And lastly, I leave you with a beautiful Fall sunset..... bare trees make it look spooky! 
phew.... sorry for the blog post bombardment!!! I think I'm all caught up now :)

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