Tolman Travels

Traveling is still really difficult in Europe, but as soon as the large travel ban was lifted, we booked plane tickets for the following weekend and took off to Spain! We only have…

We’ve been to Hallerbos before but had to go one last time to see the bluebells before we leave Belgium this summer. They weren’t quite in full bloom yet, but we enjoyed the…

Covid really sucks, and the tulip fields in Holland are not available to use this year 🙁 So we looked for something similar here in Belgium. While not as impressive as Keukenhoff (see…

Our final Christmas in Belgium. Sadly, Covid restrictions have closed all the wonderful Christmas markets, so this year we celebrated close to home, really focusing on our little family! We did make a…

Covid times are weird times. BUT, we were so thankful to be able to bless baby Aaron in our home and on Zoom with all of our family. It was a lovely day!…

We’re a family of 5! We are so happy Aaron Lawrence Tolman is now with us. He was born August 24, 2020 at home. We had an incredible experience bringing this baby into…

I usually really enjoy being pregnant, but this time has been quite different. So many challenging things going on in the world and personal life that have made this pregnancy difficult. I was…

I’m SO sad we never realized how many wild blackberries there are in our area! Once Nick found a large patch on a run one day, we started noticing them everywhere. We LOVED…

We are so blessed to have wonderful friends here in Belgium like the Hicken family. They help us MUCH more than we can repay, and our kids would definitely prefer to live with…