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!

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh (and Taji Loses his first TOP Tooth)

Did you know that the first top tooth lost is worth $10 these days? 
Yup, that's apparently the going rate at our house by our tooth fairy!

This was Taji losing hist first top tooth (but 3rd tooth in all)
Slaving away over a home-cooked extensive Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings is so overrated!  At least when you don't have family close by or good friends available to celebrate with.  So because we didn't this year, we snuck out of town to spoil ourselves in Pittsburgh!  We had a 5 course amazing feast at Pittsburgh finest hotel, and in the end it was probably less money spent than what we $ spent on groceries and ingredients + time to cook it all.




Writing his letter to Santa
The next day we made a return visit to a great Natural History Museum.  The last time we came here was on our mom & sons Pittsburgh overnight.  This time, the dinosaur obsession is legit and stronger than ever!






Our Pittsburgh overnight was the first overnighter that we left Gravity on his own!  We left him double the food, so he managed, but he sure missed us when we got home!
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