The Parkinsons: MBR II

"March Basketball Retreat"
"Multi Baby Reunion"

"Mint Banana Rhubarb"
"Mint Banana Raisin"
"Mint Banana Rooster"
"Mint Banana Red"

"March Cracker Reunion"

You can see how the discussion about the what the initials "MBR" really stand for broke down...

In March 2008, Seth and his friends Eric Meldrum and Kaleb Paddock (as well as Eric's wife-to-be, Rachel and their friend David Andrews) went to the first round of the NCAA College Basketball tournament (i.e., "March Madness"), at the Staples Center in L.A.

Then, in March 2010, the three of them (and Eric's dad) drove the Meldrum's RV from Winamuca, NV, to Salt Lake City, UT, for sweet sixteen and elite eight games.

And then, in March 2011, Seth and I (eight months pregnant) flew to Reno, NV, and met up with Eric and Rachel (and two month old Jesse!) and Praus Nichols and we drove to Truckee, CA, where we met Kaleb and T.J. Stone at Kaleb's uncle's cabin. (Truckee had so much snow! It was up to the second story windows of the cabin! See photos here.) This was the first year Eric and Seth started calling "it" "MBR," short for "Multi Baby Reunion," apparently.

So this year, it was our turn to host. Eric, Rachel and Jesse (now 13 months old) drove up on Tuesday night and Praus and Kaleb flew in Wednesday night. Seth made t-shirts to commemorate the now annual reunion/retreat and we decided that actually "MBR" stood for "Multi Baby Reunion".

We filled out brackets, watched a lot of basketball, Jesse and Ezra "wrestled," we went bowling, we ate out a lot, we watched a lot of basketball, the guys played a few games of basketball, we played Clue, we went to Seattle and we watched a lot of basketball.