"Pure Joy!" Members of Team Abilities hand-decorated hearts for their first art car entry, embracing the theme "Only Love Is ...

Led by Donna Wick, the group of adults with special needs hand-designed dozens of colorful hearts to decorate their first art car. The theme: Only Love is Real. "They have something to offer.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Houston ISD's Shearn Elementary students are decorating their first art car. The students voted that soccer would be the theme. Teacher Nicole Witt is leading the project.

He left by car, waving from the closed window of the front seat as he drove past journalists, and could be seen wearing a cannula - a plastic tube tucked into his nostrils which delivers oxygen.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Thalie Waters is no stranger to the Houston Art Car Parade. Her family is known for their impressive art car entries of the past, including The Phoenix and Hippysaurus.