Meet The Rose’s

I started this blog in March of 2008 as a way to update my family and friends on the happenings of the Rose household. In the past 4 years I have went from a full time working mommy of 1…to a full time blogging mommy of 3!

Mandy Rose – Author

I grew up in a small town in Illinois and have never lived anywhere else. Yes, that means I have NEVER left my hometown. Some people may find that extremely unadventurous, I happen to absolutely adore life in a small town.  I graduated from SIU-C with a B.S. in Management Information Systems and a Master’s in Business Administration. I worked for a large health care company for over 5 years and just recently quit so that I could stay at home and blog full time! I don’t just blog here at House of Rose. My hubby and I have a blog called Dollars and Roses, where we write about how to make money by blogging!

Want to know a little bit more about the man that is a blogging genius?

Jeff Rose – Hubby

We were next door neighbors in college and I guess you could say…the rest is history! We were married in Las Vegas in November of 2004, right before he left for his 15 month tour of duty to Baghdad, Iraq. We renewed our vows on July 22, 2006 when he returned home safely from Operation Iraqi Freedom.

We welcomed our first son…

Parker Wilson Rose

on July 22, 2007, exactly one year from when we renewed our vows!

On January 11, 2010 we added another baby boy to our family…

Bentley Ferrell Rose

And on May 16, 2011 we welcomed our THIRD son…

Sloane Jeffrey Rose

They are the center of our world! If you’ve read any of my blog…you will realize that Parker (otherwise referred to as “P” or “P Man”), Bentley (Bents), and Sloane (SJ) are the stars of this blog. I write mostly about mommyhood, but sometimes I tend to throw in a few posts on fashion, shopping, or marriage. And I just recently started to VLOG! I am newly obsessed with YouTube. Ahem.

My husband, Jeff, is a Illinois Certified Financial Planner and is the founder of Alliance Wealth Management. He is also the author of a personal finance blog called Good Financial Cents, which he launched in July 2008. One of the most well known personal finance blogs on the web! And honestly, he has about 14 other blogs that he runs as well. Or should I say that he runs with my help? Ha! I did quit my job to help him manage the madness of his online businesses! He’s even been known to guest post a few times here on House of Rose.

I hope you will follow our journey…there is lots in store for this blogging family!