<!--/////////////////////-Start of the Top Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->
<div class="row sub_content">

    <?php
    $args = array( 'post_type' => 'blog',
                   'post_status' => 'publish',
                   'showposts' => 3,
                   '&paged='.$paged,
                   'offset' => 1);
    $firstRowThumbs = new WP_Query($args);

    if ( $firstRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : while ( $firstRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : $firstRowThumbs->the_post(); ?>

    <div class="small-12 medium-4 large-4 columns"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('blog-featured-img'); ?></a>
        <div class="thumbpost-text">
            <h2 class="thumbpost-titles"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="thumbpost-tags"><?php the_tags( "", ", ", "" ); ?></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; else : ?>
        <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php rewind_posts(); ?>

</div>
<!--/////////////////////-End of the Top Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->

<!--/////////////////////-Start of the Middle Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->
<div class="row sub_content">

    <?php
    $args = array( 'post_type' => 'blog',
                   'post_status' => 'publish',
                   'showposts' => 3,
                   '&paged='.$paged,
                   'offset' => 4);
    $secondRowThumbs = new WP_Query($args);

    if ( $secondRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : while ( $secondRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : $secondRowThumbs->the_post(); ?>

    <div class="small-12 medium-4 large-4 columns"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('blog-featured-img'); ?></a>
        <div class="thumbpost-text">
            <h2 class="thumbpost-titles"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="thumbpost-tags"><?php the_tags( "", ", ", "" ); ?></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; else : ?>
        <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php rewind_posts(); ?>

</div>
<!--/////////////////////-End of the Middle Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->

<!--/////////////////////-Start of the Bottom Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->
<div class="row sub_content">

    <?php
    $args = array( 'post_type' => 'blog',
                   'post_status' => 'publish',
                   'showposts' => 3,
                   '&paged='.$paged,
                   'offset' => 7);
    $thirdRowThumbs = new WP_Query($args);

    if ( $thirdRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : while ( $thirdRowThumbs->have_posts() ) : $thirdRowThumbs->the_post(); ?>

    <div class="small-12 medium-4 large-4 columns"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('blog-featured-img'); ?></a>
        <div class="thumbpost-text">
            <h2 class="thumbpost-titles"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            <p class="thumbpost-tags"><?php the_tags( "", ", ", "" ); ?></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; else : ?>
        <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
    <?php endif; ?>

</div>
<!--/////////////////////-End of the Bottom Thumbnail Row-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-->

<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>