Look at all the candy I got for my parents!

Halloween was fun this year. We took Jacen out Trick or Treating around Elijah's moms neighborhood, and everyone commented on how cute Jacen was. We had to keep it short because it was sort of raining, but he got us a lot of candy, that's for sure! We even had a lady that took a picture of us, she thought he was so adorable!!! LOL

I hope everyone had a great day! Happy Halloween!

-Silvia

PS: It's my dad's b-day and I wasnt able to call him :( Dad, I miss you! Happy birthday!

Vote, everyone!

On January 14th of this year, I became a citizen of this beautiful country. What a great blessing it was. Not only it is a blessing to just be a citizen, but it's a blessing to have all the great "attachments" that come with being a citizen: not have to worry about Green Cards anymore, have an American Passport and be able to leave the country with no problem, vote, and so forth. Today was a very exciting day for me because I was able to exercise one of the rights I received once I took the oath. For the first time in my life, I was able to vote as a citizen of the United States of America. This has been a goal in my life for the past 8 years, and I finally was able to accomplish that goal today. I took Jacen with me and went to the Murray City Hall, where I stood in line while Jacen chewed on my sunglasses- he was way bored- and listened to the older people talk about how the country is really messed up and how whatever President gets chosen, will still keep the country in the toilet... How pessimistic!
But I went into the polls, not knowing a lick of what to do, but managed to push "Yes" or "No" on the screen. It was a great feeling to know that 1 vote probably doesn't matter much, I still was able to pitch into the voting thing.
In Brazil, if I'm not mistaken, it's mandatory that you vote, and I still remember my parents going to the school nearby to do so for every election. I feel like it's a freedom that some people take for granted, since some countries have don't really give you the choice; it's chosen for them, by people who don't give a crap about the citizens and only want money for themselves. What a joke.
All in all, I'm hoping that whatever President gets chosen will make the best decisions for this country, which, I might say, is in a bit of trouble right now. Did I say a bit? Oh I'm sorry, we're in A LOT of trouble right now. Both McCain and Obama aren't, in my humble opinion, suited for becoming President, but you gotta vote for the lesser of two evils, right?...
-Silvia

GO UTES!!!

Ok, ok, so some people (the Caswell side of the family) won't like this post because it's all about the Utes and how great they are. Yes, they are still undefeated... unlike some team from Provo eheheh Anyway.

Elijah got tickets from Brian and we went to the game. It was way fun because we kicked Colorado State's butt big time (49-16). However, there was this girl sitting behind us that was cheering really loud through the whole game (more like screaming) and she scared Jacen so much. I was getting so annoyed with her, I was so close to just turning around and saying, "Would you please shut the h*** up?!" She totally ruined the experience. But overall, it was fun. We had a good time! Jacen was really good, and if we had known that we were going to sit on bleachers, we would've brought fold out chairs because our backs were killing from holding Jacen the whole time.

I pretty much just filmed some of it because I wanted to show my family in Brazil what a football game is like, since the sport doesn't exist down there, they have no idea what it's like to go to one!

-Silvia

Hi everyone! I'm 6 months old!

Hello!
I will be 6 months old tomorrow. Mommy can't believe I'm that old already! I can now sit mostly on my own, but I need occasional spotting so I don't go "TIMBEEERRRR!". Rolling is still one of my favorite kinds of transportation. Lately mommy and daddy have been calling me "Wiggle Butt" because I lay on my back and wiggle my butt, like I'm dancing. That is a premature form of crawling. Hopefully in a few months I'll be crawling around! Then I'll really drive my parents crazy!

The teddy bear in the picture with me is called Baba Bear. Uncle James won a Spelling Bee last year and for the prize he got a $25 gift card to Build-a-Bear. Since he's too old for those things, he gave the card to mommy, so her and I went to the store to build me a bear. It was so fun! And for daddy's sake, we bought a BYU shirt for Baba. And Baba is a special bear. It has a heart that has a heartbeat sound to it, and vibrates like a real heart. It is really cool!

Anyway. Love you all!

-Jacen