About 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.
Want to learn more about who makes up House of Rose?
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
…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
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.
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. One of the most well known personal finance blogs on the web! 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!
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Hi, Mandy! I love your blog! You all make such a sweet family and I’m sure the new baby boy will be just as handsome as the “P man”. By the way, I love the name Bentley Kingston!
Brenta
Hi Mandy! I happened to find your husbands blog through a random search I was doing on my 401K – after going through his really great list about 100 ways to save money (I think that is what it is called), I found a part in his “About Me” that stated your blog was better…lol! I have enjoyed reading about your cute boys and your doggy. I’m going to subscribe to both blogs and try to befriend you on Facebook too. Thank you for taking the time to write this blog – Kindest regards, Michelle Dean
(wait till you see my three boyz…lol..pics are on Facebook page)
Wow, I’ve never read your “about me” page. I never knew you had an MBA and I never knew you guys were married in Vegas. Cool!
Is your email subscription free? Can you send me the link to send to your race car b’day party? I can’t find it. Also, I’d like to see your husbands link too. Is his link free?
Mandy,
You totally inspire me! I was googling Imagination Movers Jumpsuits and found the picture of Parker! It was like deja-vu with what he said!!! Anyway, did you make that or was that store bought? It looks like it’s made – in a good way.
I also noticed that you guys are in or near Schaumburg. My company just launched there a couple of years ago and I’m a recruiter. Let me know if you know some sharp people that are looking for either a career change or a way to make a whole lot more money. I’m only looking for the most coachable and talented people.
But the real important thing – the jumpsuit! My son went from Yo Gabba Gabby to Imagination Movers to Thomas the Train and now he’s back and forth from Thomas the Train to Imagination Movers.
You’ve actually inspired me to blog!