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, January 29, 2014

Christmas 2013: Jezisek and Santa













Our Christmas Eve dinner table with glorious views of the white snow outside!




Then Jezisek came……









 My new sexy black little apron! LOL

the boys absolutely LOVED their new firehouse playhouse they got from Babi and Deda!

Christmas Morning: 
 Santa spoiled us rotten! 

 Babi and Deda participated in our christmas morning family tradition 
by wearing their new christmas pajamas!

 WOW!! More presents under the tree!




 Kitchen!!!

 Water table!




 Deda and Jax playing with tools


Look at that play room!  Now complete with their new water play table, kitchen,  and play house!  


Taj's FIRST Time Ice Skating

Taj has a new winter hobby, make that hobbies!!!  ICE SKATING and skiing!  We took him ice skating for the first time right after Christmas, and Babi and Deda came with us to witness it.  We set up a play date on ice with one of Taj's buddies, Kaelyn.  It was the kids' first time on ice.  I totally expected Taji to get anxious and nervous trying something new based on past experience, but 'lo and behold, he surprised us all!
He was all smiles, and LOVED it!  He was such a pro that he enjoyed using the trainer and kept going without giving up.  He also had no problem walking around in the skates off ice, no trouble balancing.




Untitled from jana grover on Vimeo.

Untitled from jana grover on Vimeo.


Then, just a mere 2 1/2 weeks after his first 'go', Taj returned to the ice for a second skate date with Kaelyn and his other girl friend Caroline!  This time, Taj used the trainer all on his own, and he was fast!  He was so confident that midway he decided he didn't want to use the trainer and instead preferred to hold my hand and Caroline's hand.  They skated hand-in-hand, and also shared the trainer.  It was so sweet!  I love that ice skating makes him this happy, it sure is fun to have this as a winter activity/ hobby!  I'm also amazed at how open and confident he is at trying all these new sports!  Such a go-getter!!




Untitled from jana grover on Vimeo.

Untitled from jana grover on Vimeo.
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