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Send us a textHappy Father's Day! In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares about his father, Great-grandpa Edward Eyring Hill, his mother, Great-grandma LaDean Jones Hill, other ancestors, his birth, and his first memory.
Send us a textIn this episode Aunt Abigail LaDean Hill Boone shares her precious memories of bedtime growing up in the Jeff and Juanita Hill family. She emphasizes how Grandma Juanita Hill used bedtime stories to teach important lessons to her children. Enjoy!
Send us a textWe meet Ug, an imaginary grandchild who is in great need of learning the important lessons of life. In this episode Ug, who is prone to get very upset when he doesn't get what he wants, learns an important lesson: You get what you get, and you DON'T throw a fit! Enjoy!
Send us a textIn this episode Aunt Abigail LaDean Hill Boone uses her gift of music to play a beautiful bedtime medley that will put you peacefully asleep. Thank you Abby!
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill takes three granddaughters (Ellie, Rebekah, and Eloise) on an adventure to Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi, Utah. Little did they know the adventure they would have! You can expect Bigfoot to return sometime in this story. This is the concluding episode of this epoch adventure!
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill takes three granddaughters (Ellie, Rebekah, and Eloise) on an adventure to Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi, Utah. Little did they know the adventure they would have! You can expect Bigfoot to return sometime in this story. This is Part 2 of three parts.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill takes three granddaughters (Ellie, Rebekah, and Eloise) on an adventure to Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi, Utah. Little did they know the adventure they would have! You can expect Bigfoot to return sometime in this story.
Send us a textThis is the conclusion of the story about March 22, 1976. Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill reads and comments about his journal entries from this MAGICAL day with Juanita Ray. This is a day full of surprises, fun, excitement and romance. And this story is NOT embellished. It's take from journal entries that were written the very same day that this all happened. Enjoy!
Send us a textMagic! Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill reads and comments about his journal entries from a MAGICAL day with Juanita Ray (March 22, 1976). This is a day full of surprises, fun, excitement and romance. And this story is NOT embellished. It's take from journal entries that were written the very same day that this all happened. This bedtime story is being posted in honor of Juanita and the 20th anniversary of when she passed away on April 21, 2005. Enjoy!
Send us a textIn tonight's bedtime story, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells of an adventurous business trip he took to the wilderness in Alaska when he worked for IBM in 1981. During these adventures he learned calm himself when he faced danger by breathing and by praying. This is the Final Part of a 4 part story.
Send us a textIn tonight's bedtime story, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells of an adventurous business trip he took to the wilderness in Alaska when he worked for IBM in 1981. During these adventures he learned calm himself when he faced danger by breathing and by praying. This is Part 3 of a 4 part story.
Send us a textIn tonight's bedtime story, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells of an adventurous business trip he took to the wilderness in Alaska when he worked for IBM in 1981. During these adventures he learned calm himself when he faced danger by breathing and by praying. This is Part 2 of a 4 part story.
Send us a textIn tonight's bedtime story, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells of an adventurous business trip he took to the wilderness in Alaska when he worked for IBM in 1981. During these adventures he learned calm himself when he faced danger by breathing and by praying. This is Part 1 of a 4 part story.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates how he faced his fear of dating. At this time he was ready to get married, but was afraid to ask women out on dates. He tells of a breathing technique he learned at BYU that helped him conquer this fear.
Send us a textGrandpa Gary Mark Mulford was married to Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford. He is the father of Jordan, Ryan, Cam and Maddy. He passed away in 2002. Grandpa Mulford would tell imaginative stories about a boy named Billy and his talking frog named Croaker. In tonight's bedtime story Uncle Jordan relates the exciting story named "Croaker Goes To School." Be prepared for an entertaining experience.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates how he faced his fears when given the opportunity to have his own bedroom. In the dark he imagined that there was a monster under his bed. He tamed this monster by praying, listening to the Holy Ghost, and making plans.
Send us a textIn tonight's bedtime story Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill finishes his story about what happened when he gave Juanita Ray a truly epic valentine. He intended the Valentine to say "Good-bye" to romance with Juanita, but something else happened. This miracle changed his life and Juanita's life forever. The is Part 2 of a two-part story.
Send us a textIn tonight's story Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates how he created a truly epic valentine to say "Good-Bye" romantically to his friend Juanita Ray. A miraculous turn of events begins. This is Part 1 of a two part story.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill remembers a Valentines Day when she was eight years old and almost got married. How could that be? You'll have to listen to find out!
Send us a textGrandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill concludes his incredible adventures playing on the Tacoma Seventh Ward church basketball team as they played in the stake, regional, and divisional tournaments of the ALL-CHURCH basketball tournament sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Grandpa Hill will share the value of friendship, and how important it is to be a GOOD friend. A good friend will be with you when you are happy, when you are sad, and even when you are mad. A good friend will have your back in hard times. And he will relate if his team actually made it to the ALL-CHURCH basketball tournament.
Send us a textGrandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill continues his incredible adventures playing on the Tacoma Seventh Ward church basketball team. This was in the epoch when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had an ALL-CHURCH basketball tournament. Grandpa Hill will share the value of friendship, and how important it is to be a GOOD friend. A good friend will be with you when you are happy, when you are sad, and even when you are mad. A good friend will have your back in hard times.
Send us a textIt's basketball season and Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates his incredible adventures playing on the Tacoma Seventh Ward church basketball team. This was in the epoch when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had an ALL-CHURCH basketball tournament. Grandpa Hill will share the value of friendship, and how important it is to be a GOOD friend. A good friend will be with you when you are happy, when you are sad, and even when you are mad. A good friend will have your back in hard times.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill tells about when she first learned about Bigfoot (or "Sasquatch" as he is also called). She was a true believer and went to great lengths to find Bigfoot in the woods with her brother Matt. Did she find Bigfoot? You will have to listen to find out!
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill recounts Christmas 1970 when he received his favorite Christmas gift of his boyhood. What was that present and what happened after he received it? You will have to listen to this episode to find out!
Send us a textWe begin Season 4 with an episode from our podcast vault about New Years' Eve in Ecuador. In 2002 Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill, Grandma Juanita Ray Hill, and five children (Abby, Hannah, Emily, Amanda, and Seth) were working in orphanages in Cuenca. In keeping with Ecuadorian customs we made an effigy out of straw and old clothes. We had a lot of excitement on New Years as we kicked and kissed and burned our effigy. We learned that whether the old year was happy or sad was unimportant. The new year is full of possibilities!! Happy New Year! May 2025 be your best year ever!
Send us a textWhen we follow the promptings of our inner voice we feel warmth, peace, comfort, and clarity of mind. When we don't we feel conflict, discomfort, and even a stupor of thought.In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates an incident when he didn't follow a prompting and was very remorseful. He also relates an incident when he did follow a prompting, and how good he felt afterwards. I hope you will always follow the promptings of the Spirit.
Send us a textMerry Christmas! In this episode Grandpa shares how Aunt Abigail LaDean Hill developed her gift of music. He relates the part a mysterious Christmas violin played in that process. Remember, we claim joy when we use the talents our Heavenly Parents have given us to bless ourselves, our families, and others.
Send us a textIn this imaginative story, Grandpa, Malone, and Quincy embark on an African safari. They learn about how we should follow reasonable rules to stay safe. Malone gets into quite a fix when he doesn't follow the rules. Will Big Foot save the day?
Send us a textIn this imaginative story, Grandpa, Malone, and Quincy embark on an African safari. They learn about how we should follow reasonable rules to stay safe. Malone gets into quite a fix when he doesn't follow the rules.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandma learns an important lesson about honesty when her plan to "borrow" her sister's necklace goes awry.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Hill talks about his first friends who were girls. One of them was the daughter of an NFL Hall of Famer, Leo Nomellini.
Send us a textIn this episode, Grandpa Hill shares about his first friends who were girls. In this bedtime story he learns to be careful about who he kisses at Church during Sacrament meeting!
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill relates his experience with the 1962 World Series in which his San Francisco Giants faced off against the New York Yankees. He shares how he managed to watch Game 7, even though he was supposed to be in school, without compromising his integrity. When you excitedly look forward to things, it helps you be happy and sometimes it can help make you very creative.
Send us a textIn this episode, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill recalls when he was 9 years old and was an avid San Francisco Giants baseball fan. It recounts the season and the Giants' remarkable comeback to win the 1962 National League Pennant. He tells how when you excitedly look forward to things, it helps you be happy and sometimes it can help make you very creative.
Send us a textIn this concluding episode of a three-part story, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill and Grandma Tamara Snell Hill miraculously find a fairy-tale white cottage in the woods and come to joyful harmony on where they should live in retirement. God helped them resolve this difficult disagreement. Listen to see how this happened!
Send us a textIn Part 2 of this story, Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill and Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill have some serious disagreements about where they should live after retirement. Grandma becomes frustrated with Grandpa and makes some snarky remarks to him. Grandpa gets thinking and praying. Listen to see what happens.
Send us a textDid you know that Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill and Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill do not agree on lots of things? This does NOT usually cause a problem, but in the case of whether or not to sell their home and move when they retired, they had to agree. If they decided to move, they also had to agree on whether to buy a house or build a house, and where to live. This was a recipe for some spirited disagreement. Listen to see just what happened.
Send us a textHow can you tell if you are in love? In this episode, Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill shares how she knew she was in love with Grandpa Gary Mark Mulford. This story takes place in 1983 at Utah State University. It is an exciting tale of romance and true love!
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells a silly story about a cousin's party to remember. This cousin's party was held in San Antonio, Tennessee and included 7 cousins: Mary, Naomi, Booker, Jared, Tyler, William and Little Foot. See if you can catch all of the silly things in this story.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandma Edward Jeffrey Hill and Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill take an exciting cruise to the British Isles. Their attempt to kiss the Blarney Stone in order to receive the gift of eloquence is interrupted by the Rotund Bald Man with the Ugly Mustache. After several adventures with the Pirate Pilot things look bleak. Will Bigfoot be able to save them? You'll have to listen to find out.
Send us a textIn this episode Grandma Edward Jeffrey Hill and Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill take an exciting cruise to the British Isles. This episode gives background to the exciting Bigfoot story about kissing the Blarney Stone and receiving the gift of eloquence (aka, the gift of gab).
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill has adventures in the Swiss Alps with Grandma Juanita Ray Hill. They encounter the Rotund Man with the Ugly Mustache who vows revenge. They learn to "Be aware and beware!" Will Bigfoot save the day?
Send us a textIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill meets up with Grandma Juanita Ray Hill in Switzerland. They go sightseeing in the Alps and interact with a Rotund Man with and Ugly Mustache. Grandpa learns how important it is to "Be Aware and Beware."
Send us a textIn tonight's Bigfoot Story we honor Booker (whose birthday was last week)! In this slightly tall tale, Grandpa tells about going with Aunt Sarah, Cousin Nathan, and Cousin Booker to a Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine while they were on a Fall cruise in New England. There they have some scary adventures with Jello, Pi'e Grande and Big Foot. Enjoy!
Send us a Text Message.In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells an imaginative story of how he met Bigfoot for the first time in the Enchanted Valley of Olympic National Park in 1971 and how they became fast friends. Many of the details of this story actually happened, but some of the story is fictional :)
Send us a Text Message.Tonight, Aunt Amanda Ray Hill Merrill will tell a little bit about several of the grandchildren. Listen carefully. It is VERY interesting. You might not be able to fall asleep right away!
Send us a Text Message.For tonight's bedtime story we will be listening to Aunt Hannah Ray Hill Kuhn's memories of how her Mom, Grandma Juanita Ray Hill, and Dad, Edward Jeffrey Hill, helped their children learn the joy of service. In other words, "Service Rocks!" Being of service is an important purpose of life. As the Book of Mormon states in Mosiah 2:17, “If you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God!” When we serve others, it makes THEM happy, AND it makes US happy. When we are of service, we are following the example of Jesus Christ and that's what life is all about.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Uncle Aaron Thomas Hill tells an entertaining story about two backpacking trips into the beautiful Wind Rivers mountain range in Wyoming. In the first story there are adventures with a group of young men from Church. In the second story we meet Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill before she married Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill. What brings the stories together is a can of beef stew. Uncle Aaron is a master story teller.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Aunt Abigail LaDean Hill Boone shares delightful memories of when the Jeff and Juanita Hill family lived in Logan, Utah in the 1990s. Among these stories is the tale of a hilarious pigsty dinner when Grandma Juanita Ray Hill revealed her sometimes hidden sense of humor!
Send us a Text Message.In honor of summer heat we are reposting this episode in which Great-Grandpa Irving J Ray remembers his childhood growing up in Arizona without air conditioning, without fans, without even electricity. It was hotter than blazes! This is a transcript of what he recorded when Grandpa Hill took Great-Grandpa Ray to San Francisco on a business trip and they became friends.
Send us a Text Message.Summertime is a great time to make new friends. In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill prays to have a better relationship with Great-Grandpa Irving J Ray. Grandpa follows an impression to take Great-Grandpa Ray on a business trip to San Francisco. Great-Grandpa Ray records his life history. They become close friends. Grandpa learns it's OK to be friends with people who are different from you. In fact, that difference is good.
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