I just entered Harley in abc's show, The View's Pedigree Mutt contest!

 I hope he wins... he really deserves a vacation! :-[) hehehe 

Here are all my best/favorite photos of Harley...so lucky that he gets to live with us. His personality is just so endearing... aren't you glad we have animals on this planet!!! And I will say it again, but if you haven't read "Animals in Translation" by Temple Grandin, and you too are an animal lover...well, you just gotta read it! It is literally one of my very favorite books out there! Harley, here's to you and your awesomeness...win this contest dude! 

Friends, neighbors, countrymen! I am in search of a female business partner for my company Roxy Marj. I have been running my business full time for the last year now and things just keep getting better. My company was growing at a pace that I was able to maintain on my own, but with the launch of new products since November, things have really taken speed. The growth is not gargantuan by any means, but it has come to the point where positions need to be created, and duties delegated. I am hoping to find someone who has the means of investing in my company [not a whole lot right now $5,000 or lower] but who also wants to take the reigns of the business side and steer it in the direction upwards. I prefer a female and hopefully someone who is a mother and loves/knows the children's industry as well as design. I am not looking for someone with a degree in business necessarily, but a background, yes.... as well as someone who has experience and ENJOYS managing production.  I am an open-minded, laid back person who works well with others, and am looking for the same kind of person... You don't need to be local [Utah] but you do need to be within the United States.  If you are interested or know someone who might be, please email me for consideration. I have a small business plan already written up that I would be happy to email you.  

The ULTIMATE main goal for my company Roxy Marj is to not only create products that people love and adore, and won't ever give away...but a company whose culture is exciting, positive and a place that people will never want to leave. 

 I look forward to finding a fantastic, fun, motivated 

and very sweet person to work with!

Please email with any questions, hot topics, or funny jokes :) to:  r o x y m a r j d e s i g n @ gmail.com

This past weekend, we went to Jackson Hole with two other couples. That place is a mecca for mother nature inspiration! And I have to say that the fly fishing in Jackson is waaay prettier than the places I have been to here in Utah... or I mean the landscape of where we fished just seamed more peaceful... I don't know if it was because of the widespread openness or the lack of mosquitoes... either way, i'm hankering to go back!

One of the highlights of visiting Jackson Hole is that my older brother Paul lives there. He is a plethora of knowledge - all things Jackson Hole/the Tetons/ rivers/hikes etc. We were able to pack a lot in, in a short amount of time. Here are some photos from our trip... some taken by me, my husband Jesse and Liybie Cerar, who was also on the trip with us.

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so many things to get inspired by in the outdoors... I could spend all day wandering around in the woods, on a river, at the beach, in the dessert... you name it. There is such an abundance of inspiration! 

Yesterday morning, the Gros ventre river my brother took us too was so lovely...

I loved how there were all these split or crushed rocks everywhere in between the river rock. 

This was giving me some really great ideas for our yard among other things. :)

with our two other couples friends hiking around Jenny Lake

from L-R [ Ravi, Liybie, Me, Jesse, my bro. Paul, Tara & Adam]

Liybie just finished college, majoring in photography.

 She's dang good and she also rides horses...even cooler huh! :-[) 

I am so glad she came with us to the Gros ventre yesterday morning, she captured some really

beautiful images of Jesse, Paul, and I fishing...& there was no one out there but us... it was awesome.

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and then we ended our trip looking for some Buffalo and Moose... we were only successful with the first. 

and there were tons of them all over, close to the cars...obviously used to having their photos taken. BUT when the guys were all fishing Friday evening they spotted 4 Moose, so not a total loss one bit. 

am sad for our trip to be over, but also really glad to be home. I desperately missed Harley...but knowing he was in good hands with my Mom while she house-sat for us eased a lot of stress... I missed our lil house, our yard and especially our bed. With that said, I am truly looking forward to our next visit to Jackson and hanging out with my brother again! :)