Mis padres and our garden

My parents made a detour on their way home from Spring Break in Pheonix to visit me in Santa Barbara. The first day we went on a hunt for a new bookshelf for my room. We also got rid of my desk chair. Basically, my room got a little bit organized :-) On Saturday we woke up and got to work in the back yard. Our back yard needs a lot of work, but we decided there are a lot of little things that can be done to make it look better. Some of these things included:
1. Trimming the neighbors trumpet vine that hangs over our fence.
2. Getting rid of the old carpet padding that has been sitting there for almost a year.
3. Weeding
4. Planting some potted plants
5. Planting some flowers around the pool
6. Fixing the cement flower box walls that are falling down
7. Getting rid of the roots of the stubborn tree that keeps coming back
8. Getting rid of the cement slab that is sticking up four inches above the other cement slabs
9. I am sure there are other things we did! :-)
Here are some pics of the day!

My Grandma...

A year ago my mom called me to tell me that my grandma, Madolin Rebecca Yorks, had passed away. I just wanted to say how thankful I am that I got to spend a lot of time with her the two years that I lived in Philadelphia. She was a pretty stinking amazing woman, that is for sure!

One of my favorite memories of my grandma was the last Christmas that she spent at my parents. She was talking with my brother's mother-in-law (Maria) and I came in with a crazy hair-do.

She said, "Oh Rebecca, take that down. That's crazy."

I said, "Don't worry, Grandma. I don't wear it this way to work or anywhere like that!"

Maria said (sarcastically), "Only on dates, right?"

In all seriousness, my Grandma said, "Oh, is that the problem?!?" :-D