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!