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, January 16, 2014

Thanksgiving 2013



We had a gobble-riffic and our first "white" Thanksgiving with our friends, the Benson family, and Brad's buddy Chris (whose wife was out of town.)  I made my award-winning bacon-blanketed herb turkey again, and also got creative with the turkey inspired vegetable platter and fox pumpkin pie slices!  We had quite the feast and wine fest all evening long!








our first wood-burning fire of the season!


The next morning, Jax showed off all the wine bottles we drank through (mostly the guys who partied all night long)….. his favorite being his of course! (Jax Vineyards!)

The morning after Turkey Day, we took the boys sledding with some friends.


They all had a race!




Then over the weekend, we decided to try out the hibachi table at the new Fuji Sushi & Japanese Steakhouse.  It was the boys' first time eating at a hibachi table, and they were both intrigued and frightening!  The fire, noise, food throwing, and sake squirting was a little too much for them, but they could not look away!



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