This is what it's all about, Man!

The crazy man at Cadillac Ranch today summed it up perfectly. He and his interesting female friend were traveling the entire Route 66 and had stopped at Cadillac Ranch to see them and paint them. It turns out we were there to see and paint them too and he was mesmerized with the kids and how excited they were to be there. Every little thing they painted or said, he'd respond with, "This is what it's all about, Man." I think I have to agree with the crazy man at Cadillac Ranch. We're spending great time with great friends and we're having a blast. Life's too short not to enjoy it. I only wish I could enjoy it with Jarred and the rest of my family, too.

Here are some pictures from our first days in Amarillo and one before we left that was too cute not to add.

Jack & Abbott sharing chex mix before we left.

Jack & Dacie became reacquainted quickly, though this time the tables were turned. In Memphis, Dacie wasn't too fond of Jack and Jack kept trying to tell her he was her friend. This time Dacie wants to love all over Jack and he keeps saying, "Don't touch me. I don't want her to touch me." They are now acting just like brother and sister. Fighting, screaming, sometimes hugging and playing nicely.

Jack found and has fallen in love with this huge fire truck (Santa, are you reading this??) Dacie could care less about fire trucks until Jack decides to play with it. Now it's the favorite toy.

Daxtyn had basketball practice on Tuesday so I was in charge of the other 3 kids. Here's what happens when I'm in charge. Dayton decided to make a slide off the chairs.

Dacie & Jack played nicely with the fire truck for awhile.

See how sweet?

Jack & Dacie took turns on the slide. It was big fun and fortunately no one got hurt.

Dixie had about 25 trees planted today. We cut ours down, they have trees planted. Jack was so excited to watch this "little excavator" dig holes and watch the trees get planted.

He even got to help Dixie's dad move the water hose out of the way so a tree could be planted here.

After watching trees get planted, we went to Dacie's gymnastics class. They let Jack play too and he had fun flipping.

He's quite the acrobat.

After we got the boys from school, we headed out to Cadillac Ranch to try our hand at spray painting them. None of us had ever done it before so we decided we needed to do it. This is when we made friends with the interesting Route 66 couple.

Dacie's ready with the paint.

The caddies had recently been painted yellow in honor of Lance Armstrong.

Jack was more interested at this point in throwing rocks.

Here is the interesting Route 66 lady. I've decided to take her fashion style and make it my own.

Jack finally got into painting the cars.

Look how good he can spray paint his name! :)

Three trouble makers!

Dayton paid tribute to the King and gave us his best Elvis face.

Crazy Route 66 man marked his momentous trip with the Route 66 sign. He took great pride in getting it just right.

Here are the 3 cars we worked on.

In case you couldn't tell what we painted, here's a closer view. Car 1.

Car 2.

Car 3.

Dacie got a little close to the fumes and ended up with a pink face. She would say she is "pink-a-licious" but was not to amused that we kept talking about her pink face.

THIS is what it's all about, Man!