First William Wrangell Video post

Our first attempt to upload a video of William onto our blog. Let us know if it's successful!

Will having a conversation with Aunt Jeni and Grandpa Bill.

The Long Journey to Monterey...

So we're finally settled (seems like a relative term) here in Monterey, California. More specifically, we're in a little town called Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula about a mile from the coast. What a change from our snowy, cold, clear and beautiful Alaska experience. There is definitely a sense of calm at the Bryan household after our adventures of 2010 and early 2011 that brought us to our new duty station. After living out of suit cases for nearly 4 months, we're finally able to take a deep breath and unpack some of our baggage.

Speaking of unpacking... we now have a really cute carry-on bundle of joy to bring with us on our adventures. We named our little boy, William Wrangell, born on February 15th at 8lbs 9oz in Anchorage, Alaska. Though he loved long walks along the coastal trails in Anchorage all bundled up in his snow gear, we think he's just fine with the slightly warmer sunny walks along the Pacific Coast here in Monterey. Not a bad duty station to enjoy time with the family and no deployments!! Home every night, together on the weekends... such a blessing!

We left Anchorage on March 10th headed for Monterey, Grant drove and Sara and baby flew down to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Silverton, Oregon. Grant was fortunate to have his brother in-law along for the 3100-mile drive along the ALCAN Highway through Alaska, Yukon Territory and British Columbia, then down through Washington... a beautiful drive! Motivated by seeing our wives and kids again quickly, we hit the US-Canadian border in Washington in a little over 48 hours (2,300 miles in 2 days).

After Will's 1-month birthday, we headed for Monterey to look for a place to live. After only 1 week in a hotel, we found a cute little house in Pacific Grove (only 4 miles away from the Naval Postgraduate School along a beautiful coastal trail).

We'll post more in the near future, but for now, here are a couple pictures of our little Will and some of our 2011 moving adventures.

God bless,

Grant & Sara