The Fab Four

No, not the Beatles... us. Here we are (a while back). A couple of things about this picture. First: For proof of one of my many awkward stages : look under my right ear. How could I forget my mullet stage? Yes, I, Ben Bartley had hair at one point. Now, not so much. Second, doesn't it look like Jen is doing a ventriloquist act with Jessica? Jodi, I have no jokes for you. You look very regal. Almost as if you were posing for the Mona Lisa.

This blog was a great idea. Thanks for making it happen, Jodi.

I am going to try to post something here weekly or bi-weekly. I am going to use this first post as a topic-idea post.

Here are a list of topics I want to blog about:

• my current house
• PugPuggy, my dog
• my (boring) job
• my (fun) jobs
• my friends in Austin
• movies I am making
• stories from the Kansas School for the Blind
• memories from Wyandotte County\Bishop Ward\St. Peters
• memories from Tucson
• favorite mom-made meal
• favorite mom\dad sayings
• times I busted by mom & dad
• times I SHOULD have been busted by mom & dad
• daily life in Austin, Texas
  

That should get me started.

Here is what I would like you to blog about:

• your house
  
• your job
• Jen - your kids
• Jess - your music
• Jodi - funny John stories
• stories from our childhood
• favorite blind school moments
• funny family vacation moments
• your life
• your city
• your neighborhood
• your friends
• whatever you want

Here is another picture of us:
And here is the most updated picture of us I could find:

Jess - you have changed the most, although now I am the one doing the ventriloquism. Watch me drink a glass of water as I make Jess sing, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". And, although I don't remember us saying this, apparently we asked the photographer, "what is the most boring background you have? Do you have anything that looks like a hallway?" Next time, for the background, I want a wagon wheel, a ladder & we all wear matching denim shirts.

Love you. - Ben