about the rose’s

The Rose Family

I started this blog in March of 2008 as a way to update my family and friends on the happenings of the Rose household.

Want to learn more about who makes up House of Rose?

If so, read on…

Mandy Rose – Author

I grew up in a small town in Illinois and have never really lived anywhere else. Some people may find that extremely unadventurous, I happen to think it has worked out fine for me.  I graduated from SIU with a B.S. in Management Information Systems and a Master’s in Business Administration. I currently have a great job working for a large Health Care company as their Retirement Coordinator. I only work Monday through Thursday…so EVERY weekend is a 3 day weekend for me. It doesn’t get much better than that!

I met this lovely man…

Jeff Rose – Hubby

Me and the Hubby

…when he moved in next door to me in college. 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

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”) and Bentley 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.

My husband, Jeff, is a Illinois Certified Financial Planner and is the co-founder of Alliance Investment Planning Group. He is also the author of a personal finance blog called Good Financial Cents, which he launched in July 2008, and Financial Dad, which he began to write after P was born. He’s even been known to guest post a few times here on House of Rose.

He is the one who got me hooked on this blogging thing…so if you are a fan of House of Rose…you should thank him! We are just as much in love today as we were the day we got married and I could never imagine my life without him.

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