Razorfest

This is the 9th year for Razorfest at the University of Arkansas. Although we have lived here 9 years we have never been before and I had to Google it to find out what Razorfest even was (although I hear the word all the time). Apparently it is a free event for families hosted at the University of Arkansas. There were dozens of bouncy houses (apparently Alea is either too old or too cool to do these anymore which is fine with me...way less waiting in line time). They also had TONS of free stuff. We got dog treats, dozens of different kinds of snacks, magnets, buttons, hats, shirts, balloons, pens, cups, drinks, face painting (again...too cool or too old), seeds, coupons, etc. They also had several different characters walking around that you could have your photo taken with (all free).

The event is focused on children so pretty much everything there is kid friendly. They had a lot of different Razorback athletes there signing autographs. Before Razorfest started there was a 1K walk at Fayetteville High School up the road. The 1K walk was called Champions for Kids. Any non-profit that focuses on children could register their group and anyone who wanted to walk would pay their walk registration to the non-profit of their choice to walk. It was nice because there were a lot of people walking in the same walk but everyone was supporting a specific non-profit. Davin, Alea and I walked with Haley and her crew with The C.A.L.L. We got to meet some new CALL people (new to us anyway). They were mostly all board members but some were foster parents as well.

The C.A.L.L. and DCFS (or DHS) both had booths so we got to visit with our new CALL friends and our social worker at the event (it seems strange to say we have a social worker). Most of the time our social workers (we kind of have two since one is so new) don't seem to have much in the way of personalities but this was a good event in which to see them. They were more relaxed and Chris (one of our social workers) even started teasing us. Davin and I tease each other and other people a lot so it was great to see him open up and show some spunk and personality. He is a young guy and probably pretty fresh out of school so he is just learning the ropes. That is fine with me because we are just learning too.

Alea with the Coca-Cola bear at the Champions for Kids walk.

Alea with Tony the Tiger.

Davin and Alea with SpongeBob. 

(Alea thought she was too cool to have her picture taken with SpongeBob,

 but I made Davin drag her along for the photo.)

Alea and Papa Rap. Papa Rap is a local celebrity. 

He does a lot with locals schools and hosts a bilingual radio show.

We found the Girl Scout booth.

They had a real Razorback there. This thing was huge and ugly.

Alea at the Champions for Kids walk. A 1K walk is the way to go. 

We walked one lap around the high school track. :)