Toyota Sienna 2017 Top 5 Things We Love

We had the Best Thing happen this Fall - a Family Road Trip in the newest Toyota! The Toyota Sienna 2017!! It was so fabulous to get to Review the Toyota on our recent road trip to the Beach! Here is your first glimpse of our Family comfortably enjoying our road trip! Look how spacious and the Sunroof gives it so much light and beauty! We loved the sunroof with our gorgeous Carolina skies. The beautiful taupe leather interior was a favorite of mine! 

Toyota Sienna 2017 #TerrellTribe by CarolinaMama©

You are reading correctly, the North Carolina Beaches in November!  This happened and it was quite warm and wonderful.  Now, let me tell you "all of the wonderful" about the Toyota Sienna!  Here are our lovely "Tigers!" loving the ocean on this fine November day. 

Topsail Beach, North Carolina #TerrellTribe

Here is a look at the beautiful site of the Sienna packed up for the road trip to the beach. We take all the gear so this is full of Boogie Boards, Cooler, Beach Umbrella, all the things! And it is so spacious.  

                           

We love that the Sienna has 3 rows of seating. So it can seat 7 really well and still have trunk space.  Here are a couple more photos to see the beautiful and bold modern style of the Sienna! Isn't she beautiful! 

Toyota Sienna 2017 by CarolinaMama©

Here is a beautiful view with the Carolina Blue Skies! :) Now, without further ado... 

Our Top 5 Things We Love About the Toyota Sienna 2017: 

                             

1)  Intelligent Tech for a Smarter Drive. Pretty much, the Sienna has ALL the TECH! We love all of the options.  I have to tell you I LOVED the open space driving the Sienna! We transitioned to an SUV lately and I WILL ALWAYS miss the Lovely sliding doors of my minivan! I was always a Proud Minivan Swagger Wagon Driving Mom! :) It fit our family so well!  So, to be back in this incredibly upgraded minivan with all of this space of the Sienna was luxurious!  

*** Our Teens were totally spoiled with The Dual-View Blu-ray Disc™ Entertainment Center  includes a 16.4-in. color display, RCA jacks, two 120V AC power outlets, a remote and two wireless headphones. Its unique screen can display one wide-angle image or two smaller images from separate sources at the same time.

Look at this great view of the Screen! Look with the width of the screen in our car selfies! :)  Our boys loved the big screen, and as before, their movies on the way to the beach! 

                                      

Here is a great one from Toyota! 

2)  Parking Assist Sonars.  The Toyota Sienna is has Parking Assist Sonars. These are so helpful and they help you quickly determine the distance between your Sienna and other vehicles with audible warning signals and a color graphic that changes as you draw closer to the obstacle. Here you can see the screen as we navigated to the beach with the in-car GPS! The screen is awesome and it is wonderful to be able to do so many things on it. Parking assist sonars, incredible music, GPS and more. Note: the gear shift on the panel. LOVE the proximity to the steering wheel! 

And Cup Holders! Yes, to the Cup holders! The boys had plenty cup holders in the back and water bottle holders are on all of the doors! American living! :)  Again, we LOVED the placing of the gear shift. It is very conveniently placed by the driver steering wheel! 

3) Stylish and Comfortable.  

We love the sleek look and style of the Toyota Sienna 2017.  It is also very comfortable. - it is spacious and well planned. I LOVE the space in front of the console for my purse!  Yay!! No more purse in the back seat (i.e. in the way of the children / other passengers). This is a great usage of this space. It is so nice to have my bag accessible, yet out of the way! WTG Toyota!  Also, my sons are thrilled the full Gatorade fits nicely in the cup holders! And Venti waters! :) 

4) Power Lifegate and Doors.  Are your hands full?  Do you have your children, your shopping bags and your purse, coffee, keys... ?  No problem, just use the power lift gate! So awesome! I'm just saying, I could have really used this Toyota Sienna feature in 2001! Of course, I can appreciate it all the more now days. 

5) All Wheel Drive.  It's Total Peace of Mind! In North Carolina, we can drive from the Seaside to the Mountains in a few hours so having All Wheel Drive is so helpful. "Sometimes we need to go places when the weather conditions are far from ideal. Sienna is the only minivan sold in America that offers an available All-Wheel Drive (AWD) system."  So, rain or shine, mountains or beach, Toyota Sienna is ready with all-wheel drive!  In addition, we adored the color Predawn Gray Mica!  This was a classic beauty! 

                               

Thank you Toyota was having us Test Drive the Toyota Sienna 2017!  We all give it a 5 Star rating from the #TerrellTribe Thanks for getting us to our destination and back and all over town in wonderful style and comfort! 

Sincerely! 

All of Us

#TerrellTribe Topsail Beach, North Carolina by CarolinaMama©

                                

Here is a little Insta-Extra! Follow us for more Terrell Adventures. Instagram video of our favorite features at night.  On last glimpse before we sign off....! So beautiful! 

                            

Warmly, 

CarolinaMama 

FTC Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Toyota. We LOVED the Toyota Sienna and all opinions are our own. 

I've Done It All Wrightsville Beach Surf Camp

Believing in reaching for the stars, dream big and do the next thing to get there. I love an action plan.

The Tigers have wanted to take Surf Lessons and what a dream to take Surfing Lessons with my boys! And Auntie. Thank you Daddy for working back at home for our family. We love you!

We have been on an amazing excursion to Wilmington, North Carolina and Wrightsville Beach!

We learned to Surf y'all!!! It was surreal to Surf with the Tigers! They are naturals! I adored catching waves and riding in.

Check out the Wrightsville NC Surf Camp! You can learn, too.

Enjoy this Live, Micro-Blog until I am home to post more.

And just look ....

Warmly,
CarolinaMama

*This post is sponsored by Wilmington CVB and Wrightsville Surf Camp. We LOVE it. Opinions and love are all our own.

Happy Labor Day!!!

Ahhh, the solitude of the Beach... North Carolina beaches. With Family.

Happy Labor Day from the North Carolina Beaches! It is a beautiful day with high waves. Lots of stellar boogie boarding going on. And some good reading as well.

What are you doing this Labor Day Weekend? Enjoy!

Warmly,

CarolinaMama

1st Annual: NC Mom Bloggers Beach Conference

You're Invited:

North Carolina MomBloggers Beach Conference

Ocean Isle Inn

Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

February 24-27, 2011

Thank you to Ocean Isle Inn. This MomBloggers Conference is unique in that it is a small setting where you can connect with other bloggers like yourself and other brands. I am honored to represent Ocean Isle Inn ("OII") as a Brand Ambassador along with Jen @ One Moms World and Chele @ The Bona Fide Life. We are all North Carolina MomBloggers. I have worked with OII for going on three years now. Look how far social media has taken this small Inn on a quiet island in North Carolina!

At the conference, you will meet many of the connections that are North and South Carolina based. However, we encourage Mom Bloggers from any where to attend. This is an opportunity to connect one-on-one with real life bloggers and amazing PR professionals and Brands. Because this is a small conference, space is limited due to the size of the Inn, you will not get overwhelmed with the sheer number of bloggers and brands.

You can expect a warm welcome at the Welcome Reception on Thursday night!

Our sponsors include Raleigh's own, Scandinavian Child, and Capstrat PR. Sponsor page which is growing still. And Charlotte sponsor, Carolina Pad - they know we love words! We are proud to partner with sponsor, Eat.Think.Smile a healthy living snack that launches right here in NC this month. I get to help launch Eat.Think.Smile in Charlotte January 30th. So Charlotte Moms, please let me know if you can make our launch party! I am co-hosting with Maricris @ Zen Mama. We're your Charlotte Hostesses with the mostest, so come join our party! Just let us know! And we'll see you at the conference where Eat.Think.Smile will have an awesome presence. You'll get to try out the product. Think samples, swag! Yes!

This conference is open to all Mom Bloggers, not just those from the Carolinas! We will get to mix and mingle. Learn and grow. Connect and enjoy the Ocean front views! :) We could get a really warm weekend here in the South. After all, old man Winter has been pretty active already. So lets hope by late February, Spring will be peaking through. No matter, the ocean is beautiful and inspirational any time.

Another benefit of this conference is that OII has kept the price very low. In fact, until January 31st, the cost of the three-night stay at the Inn and the Conference and some meals is only $129! That's right a mere $129.00 total. Get your blogging game on at OII with us!

The Inn has generously offered Saturday night after the conference (the 3rd night) in the package. After you check out, enjoy some of these amazing local attractions before you head home.

Register Here. Look forward to meeting you there! Please let us know if you have questions. What Mom Blogging Conferences are you attending this year?

Warmly, Carolina Mama

Carolina Girls - the Interview X

Welcome to Carolina Girls - the Interview! This week we are featuring another real life North Carolina friend. It is a treat to be able to introduce another blogging mommy friend. Meet Jennifer!

Jen and I have lots of Carolina favorites in common so I've added lots of internet linky goodness that we all adore. And I can personally vouch for Bandanas in the mountains. Our family fell in love with it last Spring Break in the mountains. And we're both crazy for Ocean Isle Inn so check out all the links below and enjoy. Here's Jen...

Where are you from?

Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

What is the name of your blog?

One Moms World

How did you name your blog?

I actually was sitting around one day trying to think of a name I would like to begin blogging under, I looked around at my living room with toys all over and said this is my world. Therefore, I thought bingo - One Moms World!

How did you get into blogging?

The date was back in August 2005. I started blogging about my work at home business. I eventually turned it into a mom blog as I was blogging more about my life as a mom. Since this is a diary of sorts for my girls, I plan to turn the posts about them into a book for them to cherish for many years to come.

What do you wish to convey on your blog?

My wish that I try to portray through my blog is that all moms will know we do not have to be perfect. I blog about our "real" day to day lives. We do not live in a mansion with a housekeeper, chef, and nanny. We are real moms trying to make it through this wonderful parenting journey. I have always said motherhood is a roller coaster, but it is one roller coaster that I never want to get off ;).

What is your favorite thing about your blog?

I love the connection that I make with other moms through my blog. This is like my office water cooler. Since I work at home, I do not have co-workers to share stories about my girls. So, my readers are my co-workers so to speak and it is my way of bragging about my girls' latest milestones.


What is your favorite Ben N Jerry's Flavor?

Can't say I have ever had Ben N Jerry's... is that weird? ;)

What is your favorite song/iTune right now?

My favorite song on my iPod right now is Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman.

Starbucks or Mc Donald's?

Starbucks hands down. I have tried McDonald's McCafe and they come nowhere close to the yumminess that I LOVE with Starbucks! Wish we had one here in the mountains :(.

Krispy Kreme or Dunkin Donuts (there is one answer here for Carolina Girls! Just kidding!) ? ;)

I have to say Krispy Kreme most definitely, but my husband would beg to differ with me since he is from Florida ;).

A favorite Carolina food or restaurant?

Our good ole BBQ here in the mountains.

We have two BBQ restaurants:

Bandanas Bar B Que and

Woodlands. I love both places soooo much. Great food!

What is a favorite place in Carolina?

Right here in the mountains. The views that we have from living on the Blue Ridge Parkway are just out of this world. I always want to live here. I just love the hometown feel that we have here as well. We are a small town, but everyone is so friendly and we are eager to get on our feet to help anyone out. Did I mention the awesome views we have too? ;)

Favorite North Carolina Beach or Mountain Locale?

After getting the chance to visit Ocean Isle Beach a couple weeks ago, I cannot wait to go back. I was so impressed by the clean beaches and the perfect color water. The atmosphere was just plain awesome!


Warmly,

Family Travel

Carolina Mama Family Travel!

Thank you for stopping by to visit. Or, come follow us along on our many travels and adventures across this great state of North Carolina from the stoic Mountains to the beautiful Beaches! And beyond as we travel and explore family trips!

Here we are on travel at Toy Story 3 Walt Disney World with Disney Social Media Moms.

We have been fortunate enough to work with Kissimmee Convention and Visitor's Bureau; Visit North Carolina, North Carolina Tourism, Disney Social Media Moms, Great Wolf Lodge, River House Inn, Ocean Isle Inn, and more.

We love sharing life with you our readers and viewers as we discover the Best Places for Families to vacation, work and play together! Recently, I was included as a Travel Writer in the TravelingMamas.com site and am happy to share your locale there as well.

Please email us through our Contact Page if you are interested in a Carolina Mama Travel Writer's piece for your destination! Our channels include: Facebook (2), Twitter, Blog and YouTube.

Thanks again for visiting and Bon Voyage!

Warmly,