Grandpa and Grandma Bedtime Stories

Send us Fan Mail It'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...

Send us Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail We 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...

Send us Fan Mail When 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 h...

Send us Fan Mail Merry 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In this episode Grandma learns an important lesson about honesty when her plan to "borrow" her sister's necklace goes awry. 

Send us Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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...

Send us Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail Did 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 recip...

Send us Fan Mail How 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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&apos...

Send us Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail In 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 Fan Mail 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 Fan Mail 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!