Where did all the water go?

We went to Possum Kingdom to celebrate Candice's birthday and watch the first Cowboys game of the season. 

I took the kids on a walk to the lake, which wasn't far considering we were at a LAKE house.

 But, the lake was much farther away than we remembered.  All of this dirt used to be under water.  It now makes a great home for many deer.  Taylor Rose LOVED the deer!

 When we made it to the water, we all ran right in and discovered that the ground was very soft.  I loved the texture.  It was super silky and squishy mud.  We all wanted to roll around in it!

 Tay couldn't resist the squishy-ness.

 Christian liked how clear the water was.  We could see straight down to the bottom.

 Tay just liked to run and splash.

 Christian practiced skipping stones and got REALLY good!

 He ran...

And ran.

 We collected cool things along the shore.  I was determined to find jewelry or something really awesome since this had all been under water for a super long time, but had no luck.

 CK found lots of shells.

They are actually STILL in this very cup in the 3rd row seat cupholder of my car.  No one ever sits back there so I always forget to grab them.

 What the heck?!?!  We never did figure out what this thing was.

 CK wrote his name in the sand.

 And Tay wrote hieroglyphics.

 I love that my kids are such water babies!

 We all had such a great and relaxing time.