The Sullivan Family

To my jaja, we celebrate your 98 years on this earth, you will be missed.

2011-11-14T18:10:00.003-05:00

Media Blitz

2011-11-14T17:57:00.004-05:00

Hey We finally made the news and there were no mug shots!

Mormon Church Begins Ad Campaign in Atlanta, Other Cities: MyFoxATLANTA.com

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Mormon-Church-Begins-Ad-Campaign-in-Atlanta%2C-Other-Cities-20111011-pm-pk

http://www.ajc.com/news/questions-about-mormonism-are-1201805.html

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/lds-ad-campaign-comes-atlanta/nFF5K/
It has been interesting to see how each network edits.
I loved telling them about my Savior and how he lived a perfect life. How he has changed my life. That much didn't get aired, but I am thankful for all that we did get to say!

Fake Teacher

2011-07-12T17:09:00.002-04:00

Here is a fake teacher video for a required class.

The Sullivan Boys 2010

2011-01-15T13:55:00.000-05:00

Three Terrific Tigers

2010-10-31T21:23:00.000-04:00

I am getting caught up :) Sorry I haven't been posting

Fall Festival

2010-10-31T21:20:00.000-04:00

Guess Who it is?

2010-07-16T01:05:00.001-04:00

http://www.mormon.org/book-of-mormon/
There are a couple of clips of Jermaine and I :)

Pictures

2010-06-07T18:48:00.010-04:00

We played Guesstures for family home evening. They surprisingly did well.

Jay woke us up in the morning with a declaration that he pulled his tooth out. I remember dreading having to get mine pulled. I would wait till they were hanging on by a thread. He is such a trooper! He wanted me to 'pretend' to be the tooth fairy, he said 'I know, they are not real'. He said can you bring me fruit? The other day we went to McDonald's with some of his friends, they all ordered ice cream, he wanted a parfait cause it had fruit. How cute is that!

Corbie is growing so fast. Rolling over, grabbing things to put in his mouth and sleeping through the night. He loves baths, being outside and watching his busy brothers. He smiles all the time and has started to giggle it is adorable.

3rd Time is Not a Charm

2010-02-28T22:52:00.003-05:00

http://our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?BirthId=476bdfd6-5b53-4127-bc6d-0b475dace105

Jermaine asked me “Do you really have to go into the office?” Working in the virtual world we don’t see our co-workers often and since I love being around people, I was looking forward to going into work. Everyone thought I was crazy for being at work three days before my due date. I was just glad Abram was able to stay with my mother, who came to stay with us to help prepare for the baby. I started having contractions in the morning, but they weren’t consistent or strong. We had our meetings then my co-workers had a very cute baby shower for us and then we left to go home.

The contractions started getting consistent and strong as I drove home. I called Jermaine to tell him that they were twenty minutes apart and that he should leave work early so that he wouldn’t get stuck in traffic. I was sure this baby was going to come quickly. “It’s baby number three, I know what to expect. I’ll labor at home and just go to the hospital to have the baby in five minutes like I did last time.” I got home, took a shower and told my mom we needed to get ready to go to the hospital. Our wonderful neighbor Lynn s agreed to watch the boys and I called Amy, my unofficial doula, and my sister in law to tell them I would be going to the hospital when the contractions got closer.

Jermaine came home and we got ready to leave for the hospital. The contractions were about seven minutes apart and while I felt that we should leave I also did not want to get there too early. I decided to take a shower hoping that the contractions would slow down. It worked. The contractions slowed down for about 20 minutes. I put on my clothes and lay on the bed. Jermaine was packing bags, my mom had her coat on with her purse in hand and I was . . . . watching Jeopardy. Once the contractions resumed their previous speed and intensity I decided to listen to my mother and husband and leave for the hospital. Amy met us at the entrance of the Women’s Center. I told the nurse in triage that I thought we came too early. She measured me and said I was six and a half centimeters dilated! I was so relieved. We made it to our room, my birth CD was playing, the room smelled like jasmine, and I was able to relax through the contractions. Jermaine snapped a picture of me texting my partner teacher telling her I couldn’t teach the next morning.

The labor was slow. At about 12am I was at eight centimeters and I asked the nurse to break my water to speed things up. They did it but nothing happened. I stayed at 8 centimeters for two and half hours and the contractions were so strong.” I broke down and cried and said I couldn’t do it. I said I didn’t want the baby and that I wanted to leave. Jermaine tried to encourage me by saying that my job at the moment was to be a “professional contraction manger.” Everyone in the room was positive and trying to calm me down but couldn’t do it. I decided that we needed to say a prayer.

My midwife, Judy, said I wasn’t relaxing enough and that I needed some pain medication to relax. I didn’t know what to do. I was trying my best to relax and Amy said I was doing a great job, but I was extremely exhausted. I said yes to the pain medication, but it wasn’t an epidural. It made me dizzy, but I was able to sleep and regain my composure. Jermaine and Amy said I started snoring. Then, the baby’s heart-rate dropped. We don’t know if it was from the medication or coincidental, but I was still eight centimeters. Judy called for the doctor to prepare us for a C-section. My nurse, Greta Williams pushed the last two centimeters of my cervix out of the way and told everyone to get ready for the baby. It worked! Judy came back and said I need to get ready to push. I felt like I had no energy to push, but needed to find the strength from somewhere. I couldn’t give up after finally getting to this point. I pushed together the first time and they said they could see the head. After resting for a moment I pushed again and the head came out then his body came out. Jermaine said it’s a boy! It didn’t register in my mind. I was almost sure we were having a girl. But, then it felt right!

Made my day

2010-02-10T09:37:00.006-05:00

I think our baby is ready to come out and this made me think of baby.
With all the relaxation I've been practicing I'm still a little scared. I was telling someone its like a bully waiting for me after school. We are going to battle and I have my tools ready! Any advice out there?

Happy New Year!

2010-01-05T18:31:00.002-05:00

Welcome 2010!

Best Birthday already

2009-12-01T00:36:00.005-05:00

It is only 12:36am on December 1, 2009 and I feel so seriously blessed to have another birthday. I am so thankful for EVERYTHING. Seriously everything.
7:41am Jeremiah excitedly woke me up to read scriptures.
8:27am Abram wanted to sing happy birthday by himself. It was adorable!
2:30pm Mary dropped off some sweet treats!
7:47pm my first manicure and pedicure!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes

Preggos

2009-11-01T21:28:00.004-05:00

We are expecting a bundle of joy in February. We decided not to find out what we are having.

Happy Anniversay

2009-08-29T23:19:00.004-04:00

Jermaine and I have been together for 10 years today.

Our story begins with Bishop Alba and Douglas Shaw. Bishop felt inspired to call Douglas on a mission, Douglas served in Alabama and taught Jermaine the gospel. Jermaine moved to Atlanta, Douglas asked his dad to send someone to meet Jermaine and taa-daa it was me!

On September 29th 1999, we had the our DTR talk (define the relationship). We have been best friends since. He served a mission in Brazil for two years and we endured the long distance relationship by focusing on improving ourselves and helping the people around us.

Then came marriage, two boys, rowdy dawg and a fish named Dorothy.

pictures

2009-07-30T17:22:00.012-04:00

Summer Blues

2009-07-30T17:20:00.004-04:00

I am still working my masters degree. I went back for the summer and ran myself ragged. Therefore no posts :(

Arizona Love

2009-04-09T15:00:00.003-04:00

Mom's Trip to see Grandma

2009-04-09T14:25:00.003-04:00

California Love

2009-01-24T15:26:00.005-05:00

I lived in California for about 8 years while my dad went to U.C. Berkley. Jermaine and I went went back for a wedding and loved seeing everything.

Since we have been together, 10 years this September, we have never taken a trip to California. We went to see my elementary school, the student family housing, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard street, the Coit Tower, Alcatraz and most importantly great friends.

Where are all my West Coast lovers? What is your favorite California site?

Click on the pictures below for larger pics.

Birthday Gurl!

2008-12-13T10:08:00.011-05:00

Every year I have this grandiose goal of having everything done by my birthday December first. This includes decorations up, Christmas cards out and Christmas shopping done. I have not yet accomplished this goal but I’ll keep my eye on the prize!
I celebrated with good friends and good food, we went over to Mary's and Juston's.

I have also included pics of our trip to Alabama. This picture includes Jay, Jermaine's brother Ran, Jermaine and Abram.

Our family can’t handle playing Scrabble it turns into to squabble so we had to put it away and play spoons. This picture includes me, my dad, my mom, my brother Katende and his wife Sanyu.

It is a girl!

2008-10-24T00:25:00.012-04:00

Top 3 reasons why we love our dog

1. She is so friendly. I'm not the let the dog lick your face type of gal but, I love seeing her wag her tail when she sees me. She did lick my face and I was so grossed out!

2. She gives us a warning when an intruder is close to the house (or it might just be a squirrel).

3. She keeps the boys busy.

Mitzie came into our lives on October 18th, 2008. We adopted her from Jeremiah's teacher. She is a 6 year old European Spitz. She's a sweetheart even though she tries to like my face. Any other dog lovers out there?

Favorite memories continued

2008-07-28T19:36:00.001-04:00

One of my favorite memories this year!
We went to a Hugh Masekela concert. I have included some one of his song's on my play-list. They didn't have 'Bring Him Home' on the play-list and I included some of the songs that remind me of Lesotho.
If you haven't left a favorite memory you can post a message here.

Memory lane

2008-07-18T10:03:00.001-04:00

Memory Lane.... the tag that gets everyone involved

Got this from a friend and I thought I would play the game. Here's how you play

1. Leave a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and i had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory of you. It's actually pretty funny to the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

3. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Reason # 1 for loving the Atlanta Ward

2008-06-09T23:07:00.003-04:00

We love the Spirit we feel in the ward. Some visitors have said the same including Glenn Beck and his friend who visited last week. They even joked that Jermaine (the bishop) looked like the president of the teachers quorum (14-15 year olds). Everyone cracked up! and Gladys Knight visited last week!

Obama Makes History

2008-06-05T13:49:00.006-04:00

I don't vote. Only Because I am not yet a citizen. If I did I would register as an independent. I am not sure who I would vote for. I reflect on the 15th amendment and the voting rights act of 1965 and how the Jim Crow laws still stripped black people of their right to vote. And here we are in 2008 and a black man is running for president. We also have Hilary making history as the first woman to come so close to being a nominee. What are some key issues for you?

My fav. picture

2008-04-18T16:21:00.001-04:00

Katende and Sanyu's Wedding

2008-03-30T23:00:00.008-04:00

The Mayor's Visit

2008-02-21T17:47:00.003-05:00

Mayor ?

2008-02-18T03:13:00.004-05:00

What is one thing you would do if you were the mayor?

MAYOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN’S

FAITH-BASED ROUND TABLE

It was so nice to meet with people from different religions (Muslims, Jewish leaders, people who practice Scientology) . Jermaine conducted the meeting, we ate and the Mayor came. She talked about ways that the community has been dealing with the issues of homelessness. She discussed being unified as a group and about resources that some churches provide. It was so uplifting. Once I can figure out how to post a slide show I'll show more pictures.

Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints

1469 Lee Street, SW

Atlanta, Georgia 30310

Spelman

2008-02-18T02:54:00.004-05:00

My alma mater! That sounds so weird. I graduated in 2002 with a degree in Child Development with certification to teach K-5. I went to an alumae meeting with Key, LeShon and Roz. It was great. We had such a good time. AND I won a brand new Zune. I didn't know what it was, and they said it is just like an MP3 player made by Microsoft.

Arranged Marriages

2008-02-14T18:36:00.006-05:00

Jay has arranged the marriages. He prays that he can get married to Mary M. (with black hair) in the temple after he is a missionary. His favorite phase these days is "Super Kay Kay"(I don't know why). He also prays that Abram will marry Hazel W. ( blue eyes) in the temple after his mission. Abram's favorite phrases are "i did it" and "uncle says no whining"

I can't Count

2008-01-11T23:01:00.003-05:00

I was supposed to put six things about myself and I only put 5 and to think, I've been entrusted to teach your precious little ones.
One more thing most people don't know about me is that I have cut off all my hair.

2007 Review

2008-01-11T22:50:00.003-05:00

2007 Review

Heavenly Father has blessed us some much

1. Kembe was blessed with the opportunity to be a virtual Teacher. I work from home and I supervise, guide and support home schooling families.

2. We get to have the boys stay home with Kembe.

3. In March, we were able to meet an apostle of the Lord. Elder Russell M. Nelson came to visit the members. He left an apostolic blessing.

4.We went to see Stevie Wonder LIVE! It was the best show ever, he played for like 3hours.

5. Kembe’s brother, Katende, was engaged to be married to his fiancé Sanyu.

6. We have been so greatly blessed by attending the temple each month.

7. We have had friends and family come to visit.

8. Jermaine’s brother, Kentrick, got married to Cathy.

9. In April, Kembe was able to go to a taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show. After the show, Kay was able to get Oprah to stop and take pictures. Here is Kay and Oprah.

10. We have been blessed in knowing that our honorable service men and women are enforcing our safety. This is includes Kent. He is sitting in Saddam's chair.

6 Things Most People Don't Know About Us

2007-12-09T21:03:00.000-05:00

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Disclaimer
I am hoping to be able to post twice a month. We were tagged by Julie in responding to our 6 unknown things.
I'll start it out.
1. I have a healthy obsession about germs (J says I am borderline OCD). I usually eat my French fries with a fork if I can't wash my hands.
2. I am extremely competitive. Growing up with two older brothers made it hard not to be.
3. I love playing sports especially football. As a matter of fact, that was the first gift J ever gave me. That was one of the signs that made me know it was going to work out.
4. My first name is Marjorie. I carefully examined my birth certificate this year and noticed that it was not my middle name.
6. While living in California, I modeled in San Francisco for a couple of years.

J Sullivan

1. I love writing songs and poems. I also have some good ideas for short stories and children's books. Stay tuned.
2. I used to have a gold tooth. Yes, Queen still went out with me. It fell out while I was on my mission and I decided to not to put it back in.
3. I speak four languages: English, Slang, Spanish and Portuguese.
4. I hate the word irregardless (you do know that word makes absolutely no sense, don't you?)
5. I hated middle school so much, that I would hide behind the shed until school was out. Well most of the time my mom would find me much earlier than that.
6. I beat-box. That just means I make music with my mouth. I carry a tape recorder every where I go, even to church.

Family picture 2007

2007-11-30T16:12:00.000-05:00

Families Are Forever

Wedding Picture

2007-11-30T16:10:00.001-05:00

This was one of our happiest day's. In May, we were sealed in the temple for time and all eternity.

The Grandparents

2007-11-30T16:04:00.000-05:00

Here are my parents and J's.

Muzeyi, Jaja, Grandma and Grandpa

I think this picture was taken in 2004

Semwogereres

2007-11-30T15:55:00.000-05:00

I loved being together with the family. After we took the pictures, we went to our favorite Indian restaurant and stuffed ourselves.

Back Row:
Uncle D, Auntie P, Uncle K, Auntie S, J, Abe
Mom, Dad and Jay.