lawton oklahoma Archives - Tolman Travels https://tolmantravels.com/tag/lawton-oklahoma/ Fri, 31 May 2019 08:22:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/tolmantravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-T-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 lawton oklahoma Archives - Tolman Travels https://tolmantravels.com/tag/lawton-oklahoma/ 32 32 162833905 Goodbye Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Hello new adventures! | What I loved about Fort Sill https://tolmantravels.com/2018/07/15/fort-sill-oklahoma/ Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:01:44 +0000 https://newlittlelifeblog.com/?p=1085 Was I super excited when I found out our first duty station was Fort Sill, Oklahoma? Not particularly… but we joined the army partially to see new places and explore the world so what better place to start! We have loved our time at Fort Sill, OK. Our transition to army life has been smooth and we really enjoy the army lifestyle. Our plan is to stay in the army for quite a while, especially now that we’re headed to Belgium! My favorite thing about Fort Sill was the people there. We have made some really good friends at church, our unit, and from my doula work. It was difficult finding time to say goodbye to everyone we will miss because we had so many wonderful friends there! Saying goodbye is such a common occurrence in military life too and half of our friends have already moved away (#armylife). I feel like we’re ALWAYS saying goodbye to someone, but it felt different being on this end of it. We’re so blessed and lucky to have been there for 3 years and we are SO excited to spend time with family in Idaho then head on to our next duty station.   Some of our favorite things to do here at Fort Sill were: ~~~ The Museum of the Great Plains The kids can touch everything here and they have a lot of great things for them to do! We got a year membership and went often with friends. Simons favorite thing to do was the “buffalo guts” where you got to take apart the buffalo innards and put him back together. ~~~ Turner Falls Turner Falls was a beautiful place to spend the day! I wish we would have gone sooner than our last month here because we would have made the trip several times! ~~~ T-Ball!!! Simon loved t-ball! He played 2 summers with the CYS on post at Fort Sill and had a blast. He had great coaches and loved being part of a team. It was sooo cute to watch!!!! Here’s some pictures from this years team. ~~~ The drive-in movie theatre in Chickasha! We loved going to the drive in movies! They have mini golf in the front you can play while you wait for it to get dark which the boys loved! Such a cute little place for a memorable evening. ~~~ 4th of July Freedom Festival The 77th Army Band performance I looked forward to most every year was the 4th of July. Lawton has a freedom celebration that we went to all 3 years we were there. We always sat in the same spot with lots of unit and church friends and it was a blast. They have food vendors and live music from the concert, jazz, and rock army bands. The firework display gets better every year and it’s just incredible! I’ll miss that celebration the most.     ~~~ The Birth Community in Lawton/Fort Sill, OK I absolutely LOVED my birth doula work in Lawton/Fort Sill OK! I served mostly military families and loved every single birth I attended there. There are awesome OBGYNs in the area and the DOLO (Doulas Of Lawton Oklahoma) will be my forever friends. I loved having fellow birth workers to rely on, attend events together, and promote education in the birth community there. I also had my sweet Hyrum in Oklahoma and had a great experience! Dr. Berhman, my doctor, and Comanche County Memorial Hospital were fantastic. It was a perfect birth and I was thankful to know the hospitals, doctors, and doulas there before going through it myself.         ~~~ THE STORMS! Some people were really afraid of the storms, but it was one of our favorite parts! Being from the West, the Oklahoma storms were quite different than what we were used to. They would often start in the middle of the night and be very intense! High winds, lots of rain, and tornado warnings were very common, especially in the spring. They usually come on quickly and often flood the streets. It was fun to watch!!! We had a storm shelter in our home but never used it. There was only one tornado very close to us while we were stationed there but thankfully it didn’t do much damage and didn’t hit Fort Sill itself. We liked to sit outside and watch the storms as they happened. One time we had golf ball size hail and the next neighborhood over had baseball sized ones! It was awesome 🙂 The picture below is a time when we were driving to the community center to do laundry in our last days at Fort Sill and had to brave the storm to get inside. The boys were not impressed and we were completely soaked. Notice we’re in our swimsuits, because we had intended to go swimming but the storm came on soooo quickly! Oklahoma has the craziest weather we’ve ever seen but we loved it.   ~~~ The People I’ve already said it, but the other spouses at Fort Sill, our fantastic church friends, and the people we met in Lawton are the best. We made so many friends (not all are pictured!) and I’m grateful for all the help and kindness we received. Many of them better come to visit us in Europe!!!!   ~~~ Our move away from Fort Sill was logistically stressful but everything went very well! After a week in hotels and traveling to Idaho, we’re enjoying a much needed vacation with family before we head off to Belgium. We’re working on our French and saying goodbye to everyone in the states. I can’t wait to explore more of the world! I’m glad Fort Sill, Oklahoma was our first stop in our Army adventure 🙂 Stay tuned!   Goodbye Fort Sill, Oklahoma!      ~~~ In case you missed it…. Real Life with 2 Kids – The worry that comes with adding a second child Hiking in Oklahoma – Tolman family day trip!         ~ All things for you and your new little life ~

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]]> Was I super excited when I found out our first duty station was Fort Sill, Oklahoma? Not particularly… but we joined the army partially to see new places and explore the world so what better place to start!

We have loved our time at Fort Sill, OK. Our transition to army life has been smooth and we really enjoy the army lifestyle. Our plan is to stay in the army for quite a while, especially now that we’re headed to Belgium!

My favorite thing about Fort Sill was the people there. We have made some really good friends at church, our unit, and from my doula work. It was difficult finding time to say goodbye to everyone we will miss because we had so many wonderful friends there! Saying goodbye is such a common occurrence in military life too and half of our friends have already moved away (#armylife). I feel like we’re ALWAYS saying goodbye to someone, but it felt different being on this end of it. We’re so blessed and lucky to have been there for 3 years and we are SO excited to spend time with family in Idaho then head on to our next duty station.

 

Some of our favorite things to do here at Fort Sill were:

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The Museum of the Great Plains

The kids can touch everything here and they have a lot of great things for them to do! We got a year membership and went often with friends. Simons favorite thing to do was the “buffalo guts” where you got to take apart the buffalo innards and put him back together.

Child playing with block at the Great Plains Museum Lawton, OK

Great Plains Museum

Flying paper airplanes at Great Plains Museum

3 kids with giant legos at the great plains museum fort sill, ok

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Turner Falls

Turner Falls was a beautiful place to spend the day! I wish we would have gone sooner than our last month here because we would have made the trip several times!

Riding the trolly at Turner Falls, Ok

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T-Ball!!!

Simon loved t-ball! He played 2 summers with the CYS on post at Fort Sill and had a blast. He had great coaches and loved being part of a team. It was sooo cute to watch!!!! Here’s some pictures from this years team.

Fort Sill Tball

Fort Sill t ball team

fort sill tball

2 boys fort sill t-ball

fort sill t ball

Fort Sill Tball

Fort Sill Tball

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The drive-in movie theatre in Chickasha!

We loved going to the drive in movies! They have mini golf in the front you can play while you wait for it to get dark which the boys loved! Such a cute little place for a memorable evening.

Mini golf at drive in theatre Chickasaw Oklahoma

Mini golf at drive in theatre Chickasaw Oklahoma

Mini golf at drive in theatre Chickasaw Oklahoma

Mini golf at drive in theatre Chickasaw Oklahoma

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4th of July Freedom Festival

The 77th Army Band performance I looked forward to most every year was the 4th of July. Lawton has a freedom celebration that we went to all 3 years we were there. We always sat in the same spot with lots of unit and church friends and it was a blast. They have food vendors and live music from the concert, jazz, and rock army bands. The firework display gets better every year and it’s just incredible! I’ll miss that celebration the most.

4th of July Fireworks Lawton, OK

Lawton Freedom Festival

Lawton Freedom Festival

 

 

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The Birth Community in Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

I absolutely LOVED my birth doula work in Lawton/Fort Sill OK! I served mostly military families and loved every single birth I attended there. There are awesome OBGYNs in the area and the DOLO (Doulas Of Lawton Oklahoma) will be my forever friends. I loved having fellow birth workers to rely on, attend events together, and promote education in the birth community there.

I also had my sweet Hyrum in Oklahoma and had a great experience! Dr. Berhman, my doctor, and Comanche County Memorial Hospital were fantastic. It was a perfect birth and I was thankful to know the hospitals, doctors, and doulas there before going through it myself.

We got to take a workshop from GENA KIRBY! It was awesome! I love the other Doulas Of Lawton Oklahoma.

 

My beautiful, amazing, doula sisters!! <3

 

Photo by Robbie McMillian Photography

 

Photography by Sarah Creal Photography

 

Photo by Sarah Creal Photography

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THE STORMS!

Some people were really afraid of the storms, but it was one of our favorite parts! Being from the West, the Oklahoma storms were quite different than what we were used to. They would often start in the middle of the night and be very intense! High winds, lots of rain, and tornado warnings were very common, especially in the spring. They usually come on quickly and often flood the streets. It was fun to watch!!! We had a storm shelter in our home but never used it. There was only one tornado very close to us while we were stationed there but thankfully it didn’t do much damage and didn’t hit Fort Sill itself.

We liked to sit outside and watch the storms as they happened. One time we had golf ball size hail and the next neighborhood over had baseball sized ones! It was awesome 🙂 The picture below is a time when we were driving to the community center to do laundry in our last days at Fort Sill and had to brave the storm to get inside. The boys were not impressed and we were completely soaked. Notice we’re in our swimsuits, because we had intended to go swimming but the storm came on soooo quickly! Oklahoma has the craziest weather we’ve ever seen but we loved it.

 

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The People

I’ve already said it, but the other spouses at Fort Sill, our fantastic church friends, and the people we met in Lawton are the best. We made so many friends (not all are pictured!) and I’m grateful for all the help and kindness we received. Many of them better come to visit us in Europe!!!!

 

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Our move away from Fort Sill was logistically stressful but everything went very well! After a week in hotels and traveling to Idaho, we’re enjoying a much needed vacation with family before we head off to Belgium. We’re working on our French and saying goodbye to everyone in the states. I can’t wait to explore more of the world! I’m glad Fort Sill, Oklahoma was our first stop in our Army adventure 🙂 Stay tuned!

fort sill, OK

2 boys learning french

Fort sill Lawton Oklahoma armed forces day parade

 

Goodbye Fort Sill, Oklahoma! 

 

 

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In case you missed it….

Real Life with 2 Kids – The worry that comes with adding a second child

Hiking in Oklahoma – Tolman family day trip!

 

 

 

 

~ All things for you and your new little life ~

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]]> 1085 Oklahoma City Science Museum – Family day trip to the city! https://tolmantravels.com/2018/04/05/oklahoma-city-science-museum/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:30:50 +0000 https://newlittlelifeblog.com/?p=228 We’ve been talking about going to the OKC Science Museum since we moved here 2 1/2 years ago, but only now that we have a few short months left at Fort Sill did we have the motivation to actually do it! What a fun place for all ages! I can see why it gets so much attention. They have SOO much to learn and do for any age. We all loved it! We went to the Explosions show which Simon loved! We also got to meet Otto the Robot! Simon was really excited about that until he showed up, then he got a little shy (per Simon’s usual). Our FAVORITE thing though was learning to ride Segways! Simon has still been talking about this days later. He never lets us forget that he was “a pro at riding Segways”. He claims he was way better than us but Nick and I were pretty good too! Hyrum is teething (or something) so he wasn’t his usual crazy exploring self but still had a great time. He LOVES touching ANYTHING so this was a great place for him to just explore! He is so full of energy and adventurous which is sometimes exhausting, but I can’t wait to see what he does with his life! He’s really going to be an awesome person if we can just survive his early years 🙂 My favorite part was that they had not one, but TWO different nursing rooms for breastfeeding moms! How wonderful it is to have a place to feed and change the baby that’s not a bathroom!! Good job OKC Science Museum!!! You rock.

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]]> We’ve been talking about going to the OKC Science Museum since we moved here 2 1/2 years ago, but only now that we have a few short months left at Fort Sill did we have the motivation to actually do it! What a fun place for all ages! I can see why it gets so much attention. They have SOO much to learn and do for any age. We all loved it!

We went to the Explosions show which Simon loved!

We also got to meet Otto the Robot! Simon was really excited about that until he showed up, then he got a little shy (per Simon’s usual).

Our FAVORITE thing though was learning to ride Segways! Simon has still been talking about this days later. He never lets us forget that he was “a pro at riding Segways”. He claims he was way better than us but Nick and I were pretty good too!

Hyrum is teething (or something) so he wasn’t his usual crazy exploring self but still had a great time. He LOVES touching ANYTHING so this was a great place for him to just explore! He is so full of energy and adventurous which is sometimes exhausting, but I can’t wait to see what he does with his life! He’s really going to be an awesome person if we can just survive his early years 🙂

My favorite part was that they had not one, but TWO different nursing rooms for breastfeeding moms! How wonderful it is to have a place to feed and change the baby that’s not a bathroom!! Good job OKC Science Museum!!! You rock.

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]]> 228 Fort Sill Oklahoma & Simons First Day of School! https://tolmantravels.com/2018/02/02/fort-sill-oklahoma-simons-first-day-of-school/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:00:19 +0000 https://newlittlelifeblog.com/?p=266 It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a post but I think this will be the easiest way to document our adventures and share our lives with family and friends! We’ve been in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for almost 2 1/2 years now! We’ve loved our time here. Our ward is great and we’ve both been able to serve and make many great friends. In military life, people come and go so often, but I’ve found it easier to make good friends quickly even if they’ll only be here for a few months. I’ve really had to learn how to just enjoy the moment a little more, instead of always looking forward to the next thing. We all love Army life and plan to continue for quite a while 🙂 We’ve recently been assigned to our next duty station…. which will be in Belgium! We are VERY excited to live in and explore Europe! I’ve started learning French and Simon is picking some up as well. French is really hard… and my high school Spanish isn’t helping much but I’m VERY committed to being fluent in French by the time we come back to the states. We don’t have much additional information yet but we are anxiously waiting. Moving over seas seems stressful, but I’m also excited for such an exciting change for our family! The biggest thing on my mind so far has been Simon starting school there. He’ll be able to start school right away and it will likely be a French speaking school. I’m very nervous about that but I’ll help him best I can and he will pick up the language quickly I think. We’ve started him in a preschool here at the YMCA 3 days a week for some school exposure before we throw him into a French school … in a new country …..  It’ll be good for him, right?? We just finished up a trip to Idaho visiting family. We had a great time and it was good to see all our family and friends. We have so much love and support it’s always great to remember where we come from. Can’t wait to visit again in July before our big move 🙂 FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!!!! ? Happy 1st Birthday Hyrum!!! Cousins ?

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]]> It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a post but I think this will be the easiest way to document our adventures and share our lives with family and friends!

We’ve been in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for almost 2 1/2 years now! We’ve loved our time here. Our ward is great and we’ve both been able to serve and make many great friends. In military life, people come and go so often, but I’ve found it easier to make good friends quickly even if they’ll only be here for a few months. I’ve really had to learn how to just enjoy the moment a little more, instead of always looking forward to the next thing. We all love Army life and plan to continue for quite a while 🙂

We’ve recently been assigned to our next duty station…. which will be in Belgium! We are VERY excited to live in and explore Europe! I’ve started learning French and Simon is picking some up as well. French is really hard… and my high school Spanish isn’t helping much but I’m VERY committed to being fluent in French by the time we come back to the states. We don’t have much additional information yet but we are anxiously waiting. Moving over seas seems stressful, but I’m also excited for such an exciting change for our family! The biggest thing on my mind so far has been Simon starting school there. He’ll be able to start school right away and it will likely be a French speaking school. I’m very nervous about that but I’ll help him best I can and he will pick up the language quickly I think. We’ve started him in a preschool here at the YMCA 3 days a week for some school exposure before we throw him into a French school … in a new country …..  It’ll be good for him, right??
We just finished up a trip to Idaho visiting family. We had a great time and it was good to see all our family and friends. We have so much love and support it’s always great to remember where we come from. Can’t wait to visit again in July before our big move 🙂


FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!!!! ?
Happy 1st Birthday Hyrum!!!


Cousins ?

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