My Grandpa Robert Bradshaw

My Grandpa Bradshaw is 97.5 years old. I was able to visit him twice when I was in Utah and loved seeing him! He has become really frail since a year ago when I left Utah and that made me sad but I know he is in good hands with my cousin living there with him. I walked around his house and took some photos so I could remember his home and the things we used to do there. I don't know how much longer he will be here (even though he wants to live to 100 to be in the newspaper:) but I do know he is a fighter! My grandpa has always loved to garden, grow fruit trees, raise chickens and rabbits, and live off the land. He mowed his own lawn until a few years ago and eats really healthy. He has always been frugal. In the winter, to keep busy, he would shuck hundreds of walnuts to sell. He loves Chuck-a-Rama. My Grandpa has some amazing stories from WWII and from dating my Grandma. He loves to build things and has built tons of step stools and mini couches for Grandchildren. He has a cat named Damn. He has such a great sense of humor and will say things like "Well I didn't read my name in the obituary today", or "I feel like I was just run over by an 18-wheeler", or "All you need in this world are hugs and chocolate". He has poems and songs memorized. He taught himself how to play the harmonica during the war and still plays. I love my Grandpa so much and am so glad I was able to spend some time with him!

Holding baby JD