That is a quote from Charles Noble, and how true it is!  I am realizing that my bad habit of being a workaholic is not getting better…the fact that it’s almost 9pm and I am still at the office working would evidence this fact!  Clearly balance is something I really need to work on in […]

 It started with a 3,000 pound solid concrete conference room table that my husband built in our garage at home.  First he built the table as a single 16 ft x 5 ft solid slab of concrete, which everyone said wouldn’t work.  Then came the “you will never be able to move that table all […]

First and foremost I am thankful for my faith in God.  My faith and love for my Heavenly Father is at the very core of who I am and it helps me know that I am the daughter of a Heavenly Father who loves me and who believes in the very best of what I […]

“Don’t look so shocked that I know how to use a screw driver and a hammer and that I am willing to get dirty hauling boxes in from the storage unit and assembling furniture!”.  That is what I wanted to say to all of the surprise visitors (and there were a lot) that dropped in […]

Monday morning we are officially starting to move-in to our new REES Capital offices!  I can’t believe the day has finally come!  It feels like we have been doing construction forever on the build-out of our new space.  Between city zoning issues and getting permits it has been a long process, but it is so […]

Today I had the privilege of speaking down at UVU.  Can I just tell you that I LOVE talking to the students at the colleges.  They are so incredibly amazing and they don’t even know it yet. My goal, when I go and talk with the students, is to help them realize that they are […]

From the time I was young I was dedicated to the idea that if I was going to do something in my life I was going to do it 100%.  I never wanted to be the girl who did things halfway.  I just felt that if I was going to put my name on something […]

Today I became a member of the Board of Directors of the South Davis Community Hospital.  They had asked me to join the board several weeks ago and today was my first board meeting with them.  I had driven by the hospital in Bountiful, Utah many times when my parents lived in Bountiful for a […]

While I have been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years of my life, I have been an angel investor for less than one.  As such, I have a pretty unique position of still being able to understand exactly how entrepreneurs feel, while now sitting on the other side of the table negotiating against them […]

When my two children were little kids I came up with the rule that if they ever said anything unkind to each other that the person who said the unkind thing had to immediately stop and say three nice things to the other person.  The three things had to be sincere, and unique, and heartfelt.  […]

As I write this blog tonight there are only 13 days until Thanksgiving!  I LOVE Thanksgiving!  The turkey, the gravy, the pies….mmmm…pies…Can you tell I have been dieting for the last month?  I figured I better diet before the big day so I can be ready to take advantage of eating all the goodies with […]

Today I was a speed racer, but luckily there were no police officers pulling me over to give a ticket because I saved my speed racing for the Larry H. Miller raceway, where you get to pretend to be a real race car driver for the day!  I went with my husband and a group […]

“Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow’s dreams.” ~Unknown I have to say that I was disappointed to see the Presidential race end with four more years of the same Presidential leadership we have had as it causes me HUGE concerns for the economic future of our country.  I struggle to see how […]

As we are all aware, Tuesday is Election Day. Despite the importance of this day, it is often easy to throw it by the wayside and think, “Argghhh! I really don’t want to wait in those voting lines,” or “My one vote probably won’t make any difference,” or “I know that my candidate has enough […]

Every day we make choices.  Some are minute. Some are major.  Some choices we make without even consciously thinking about them.  We are constantly making choices every second of every day:  We choose to get out of bed or not get out of bed. We chose to brush our teeth or not brush our teeth.  […]

Today I had a really great day.  I was able to go down to BYU in the morning to do a mentoring session with the female students.  I absolutely loved meeting with the girls and getting to know them.  It was so fun to hear about their hopes and dreams for the future.  The one […]

Today I attended a roundtable with Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senator Hatch, Candidate Mia Love, and several other key politicians.  It was a great discussion and I enjoyed being a part of it.  As we draw closer and closer to the upcoming elections I am completely floored and frankly disgusted by the number […]

First I have to admit that there is little I enjoy LESS than the repeated doorbell ringing on the night of Halloween when you have to walk through the house for the ten millionth time to open the door and pass out candy.  It’s not that I don’t enjoy seeing all the cute little kids […]

My heart goes out tonight to all of those entrepreneurs who have put their heart and soul into building their businesses only to have them impacted or even destroyed by a natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy. Some might say that business owners should have been prepared for such disasters, but so often when someone […]

“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.  No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Everyone can create.  You don’t need money position or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty.  […]

I am guessing that many of you who saw my daughter Ashley’s avatar got really excited thinking this blog was written by her – but this time it wasn’t written by her, however, it is about her so I thought it would be fitting to use her avatar to go with this story: Tonight I was sitting down to […]

Okay, this article I found is hilarious – and unbelievable at the same time – but still crazy hilarious –  I am talking roll on the floor funny.  The fact that any woman actually bought into this amazes me…I don’t care how many years ago this was…this article had to be written by a man…I […]

At least that is what I tell my husband!  I blame my obsession with shoes on Cinderella frankly.  But let’s be honest – there is just something SO HAPPY about buying a brand new pair of shoes :)!  I don’t even know that this burst of joy that buying a new pair of shoes causes […]

In a world full of great entrepreneurial ideas, how do you get your idea to stand out from the others? Today I served as a judge for the 2012 Medical Technology “Concept to Company” Competition. As judges, we were asked to select three winners from a group of eight different companies that presented to our […]

I mentioned last week that for UEA my husband and I decided to take my daughter and four of her close friends for a teenager’s getaway weekend- we spent that weekend in Las Vegas.  Yes, it was us and five 16 year old girls…Rollin deserves a medal for handling that trip as well as he did!  […]

For UEA I am spending time with my daughter and four of her friends.  If you were counting that is five teenage girls I am with…five.  It is amazing how much energy five teenage girls can have, especially when an ipod is playing dance music.  Oh, to be young and have endless energy again! As […]

Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of the death of my best friend Steve Gasser.  Steve was an amazing person.   He was kind, and caring, and he was always thinking of others and doing for others.  The day he died was one of the hardest days of my life.  I didn’t write about him yesterday […]

As many of you probably did as well, I have just finished watching the Presidential debate on television.   Normally I don’t voice my feelings about politics (so this is likely a one timer from me on this subject as I don’t really enjoy political debating), but tonight I feel compelled to express my thoughts on […]

As an entrepreneur you start a business with the goal of someday selling it and getting your big payoff. You devote your entire life to making it a success, working your guts out, putting in crazy hours and making many sacrifices to grow your company. Then one day that payoff finally comes, and you suddenly […]

A group of scientists decided to investigate what subterranean cities, created by a colony of ants, looked like. These scientists poured cement for three days until 10 tons of cement had been poured down the tubes of the ant farm. Once the cement had set they began to excavate the underground city created by these […]