Globe-trotting Grovers: The Rest of our March 2014…..

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, September 1, 2014

The Rest of our March 2014…..

Oh my goodness….. sorry for the long blog hiatus! Apparently, we have been extremely busy and living life to the fullest OFFline!

Finally trying to catch up on the last half a year of events. Here we go!

When we returned from our California home-away, we went from sand directly to snow (as Taj perfectly demonstrates!)….. and this solely in the month of March!

From the California beach sand to the New York snow….. only a week apart!

Home sweet [cold wintery] Home!

Our first and last snowman of the season!

This was what last year's 2013 (top left photo) and this year's 2014 (bottom right photo) first day of Spring looked like! Yeaaaaah, there is no such Spring they speak off, in Western New York!

And this is when the snow finally began to melt…. oh, the outside fun we began to have again!