true crime

My new book is By Their Father's Hand: the True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre by Monte Francis. As the title states the book revolves around the stories and accounts that took place on March 12, 2004 in Fresno County. I was glad to see this book on the shelves at the book store because I remember faintly hearing about this story as it was being overshadowed by the murder investigation for Lacy Peterson and trial of Scott Peterson. When the story first came out about the father who killed his wife and children, there were rumors that it revolved around a cult, but that was not the true story. Marcus Wesson was a selfish man who confused beliefs of religion, vampire admiration, and his pride to get what he wanted out of life and his family. Maybe its the criminologist inside me, but I can't stop reading this book- it's just so interesting.

last lecture

Last week I finally finished reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I got interested in the book after watching a short clip of his speech during briefing one morning on Team 1. I never finished watching the speech online, but I found the book to be a lot more interesting and more personal. My favorite readings from the book were lessons about brick walls, working well with others, respect, proper apologies, and deciding if I am a Tigger or Eeyore. I am such the fan of common courtesy, I smile when I see others acting as the good samaritan, its no wonder those chapters appealed to me. This is definitely a book I will be recommending to others to read and passing on my copy forward to those who might need a read of it.

memorial day 2009

Here are the updated photos from Memorial Day 2009.

Lots of photos of family, especially nieces and nephews (actually only photos of nieces and nephews). Mike got to meet more members of the Fajardo family, which I have to give props to him every time he meets family because there are just so many people to meet. He probably gets overwhelmed, but he's such a trooper- that's why he's x100. I love spending time with my loved ones, stuffing my face (I ate like 4 rice krispy treat squares), and taking in the sun by the pool. The weather wasn't too hot and neither was the swimming pool, but we managed to swim for a bit. Here is the bonus video of Paris Sky taking a swim with her floaties (adorable!)

memorial day

Memorial Day is a day to remember all those who have fought and died while in the military service. Every year for as long as I could remember the Fajardo family always celebrates Memorial day with a kickin' party. We celebrate to honor those in our family who have fought, died, and still serve for the military today.
This photo was taken a couple years ago and definitely needs to be updated. As you can see we are all wearing our "Fajardo's Fly Together" t-shirts, this is when the shirts were distributed to the families. I don't wear my shirt too often because I really don't want it to fade, but I think I will pack mine in my swim bag for the party tomorrow. BOLO for an update on Memorial Day party photos 2009.

yes, man

Watched the movie "Yes Man" last night while eating dinner from Domenico's (yum...antipasto salad and mushroom/pepperoni pizza). Mike totally knocked out at the beginning of the movie, possibly from food coma, but he missed out. Don't expect great things from this movie, as I did, and you will be surprised as to how refreshing this movie turns out. I laughed at many parts of the film, goofy parts-not super hilarious parts, but this movie was great to watch as I unwound from work. And I totally had flashbacks from when they filmed in Pasadena and we received phone calls of someone bungee jumping off the Colorado bridge, I laughed inside when I recognized the scene in the movie.