Labor Day in The Great Basin

Over the Labor Day weekend, Robert and I met my family down in Great Basin National Park (Nevada's only National Park) for a little camping weekend. Natalie and Mark moved back up to Rexburg so we made the drive together. 4 adults + a baby and carseat + camping gear made for a packed little Corolla, but we made the almost 8 hour drive and Emerson was actually really good and highly entertaining.

My oldest sister frequently says that Emerson's smile looks like a fluffy bunny and a vampire made a baby.

We arrived at our campground Friday night and the rest of the crew slowly rolled in. Collette and Justin were the only ones who couldn't make it; we missed them but it was fun to be with the whole family.

The weekend was spent playing a lot of games under the canopy (it rained. a lot.), hiking, dutch oven cooking, and camp fire bonding. We also celebrated Ernie's 11th birthday! I still remember the day he was born so vividly (which is surprising because Nat my dad and I drove up to Rexburg at about 3 in the morning) and I can hardly believe he has grown up so much!

I hope everyone had a very happy Labor Day!
Also- these pictures were stolen from my wonderful sister Natalie....if you couldn't tell from the large amount of pictures of her son. :)