Zach: 40 things in 40 years

YOU . . .

1)      Made it from heaven to earth successfully

2)      Survived tuberculosis

3)      Burned off your eyebrows and eyelashes

4)      Played with 38 nieces and nephews

5)      Cut out countless pieces of wood for various projects

6)      Ate thousands of slices of pizza

7)      Celebrated 14 Father’s Days

8)      Rode roller coasters in Florida, California, and Texas

9)      Traveled to Tahiti, Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada & Vietnam

10)  Healed from a broken leg, a broken hand, a broken arm, a broken ankle, and a separated shoulder

11)  Remembered Sarah’s birthday (finally!)

12)  Dipped your toes in the Atlantic and Pacific

13)  Wrestled, played sand volleyball, baseball, basketball, golfed, played badminton, soccer, and bowling

14)  Helped create 5 children

15)  Visited 45 states

16)  Earned a presidential scholarship to BYU and kept it

17)  Served an honorable full time mission in New Jersey

18)  Married for eternity in the Mesa temple

19)  Honeymooned at Disneyland

20)  Solved 1000 piece puzzles in record time at the cabin

21)  Cruised the Caribbean

22)  Moved 14 times, bought 4 homes, and sold 2

23)  Served in the Church, in whatever way you have been asked

24)  Swam with stingrays

25)  Helped create a business from almost the ground up

26)  Graduated from the nations #1 “Hottest and Brainiest” school (BYU) with a business degree

27)  Dove off cliffs in Jamaica

28)  Helped millions of kids learn to speak English and read

29)  Tasted octopus, seaweed, shark, squid, coagulated duck’s blood, chicken feet and other unmentionables

30)  Visited Kirtland, Multnomah Falls, the White House, and an Alaskan Bear Reserve

31)  Annoyed the heck out of every family member by beating them at games

32)  Gave countless priesthood blessings

33)  Chased a rolling truck down the street . . . and then left a note when it hit an unoccupied car

34)  Hula-ed on Oahu and whale-watched on the Big Island

35)  Viewed Plymouth Rock, climbed the Statue of Liberty, and scrambled up Independence Rock in the Wyoming wind

36)  Influenced hundreds by your quiet example of following Christ

37)  Paved a driveway, helped remodel and house and other projects

38)  Snorkeled Turtle Bay

39)  Survived falling out of a moving car, rolling an ATV down a mountain, countless concussions, flipping a bike down a mountain, and 40 awesome years on this planet

40)  ARE LOVED BY A FAMILY LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU!

HAPPY 40^TH BIRTHDAY!

Words used to describe you from our Bradshaw family: best uncle, nice, a great uncle, good at basketball, good uncle, "your quiet leadership is so important to our family," loves to wrestle, funny and fun, "I like your house," smart, caring, calming, amazing, one of the most giving people I know, a great dad, smart, BYU, fun and funny, Zach is the awesomeness, smart, cheats at games!  (I wonder who that was from . . . (ahem) Lindsey), knowledgeable, wise, Zach is a good cousin, smart, AWESOME!