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, January 7, 2013

Snowmobiles, Snowmen, and Snow Angels!

We have snow

 LOTS of snow!

The lake is frozen..... 
(almost time for ice hockey and ice skating.... although most of our friends have turned their backyards and tennis courts into ice rinks for the kids)

 Snowmobiling....
 Taj's first time snowmobiling with Uncle Bender, he loved it!


 Our first snowman (ugh, snow lump actually)  The snow was too powdery and did not stick enough to make snowballs so we did the best we could :)

 Mr. Snowman (Taj's name for our snow lump) got buried in snow by last week's snow storm, but you still see his head and little arms!
 Jax tasting snow for the first time
Jax walking in the snow for the first time!

Jax's first snow angel


knee high walking in the snow
 Trying to shovel snow with his plastic sand shovel!
 Taj's first snow angel

 This is how we go on stroller walks in the Winter, weeeeee!
We HEART snow! Snow is Winter's sand!
Who knew how busy and fun Winter could be with all the different snow activities?!
We still have other things to try in the snow this season:  our new snow paints, the Ice Castle Festival, horse drawn sleigh rides, SKIING (the snow has been powder most days, perfect for skiing), going to an ice hockey game, Jamestown Audobon's Snowflake Festival, and this interesting snowmobile trail date night restaurant/ bar crawl! hmmm.... let the cold white fun begin!

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