Grandpa and Grandma Bedtime Stories

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill has success with the triple jump, but unfortunately his pride comes before the fall. 

Send us Fan MailOn May 5, 1976 (exactly 50 years ago) I, Edward Jeffrey Hill, married Juanita Ray in the Mesa, Arizona temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To celebrate that momentous occasion I am inserting a few bedtime stories that feature Juanita from that time period. In this episode, published on the 50th anniversary of our marriage, I tell about when I gave Juanita Ray her engagement ring in 1976 in the Wilkinson Center elevator between the second floor and the Sky Room. I relate how this led to a tradition of passionate kissing in what must be called romantic elevators! 

Send us Fan MailOn May 5, 1976 (about 50 years ago) I, Edward Jeffrey Hill, married Juanita Ray in the Mesa, Arizona temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To celebrate that momentous occasion I am inserting a few bedtime stories that feature Juanita from that time period. This bedtime story tells about our experiences together on March 22, 1976 and is entitled "A Magical Day with Juanita Ray (I'm a poet and don't know it!)  ... Poor Dad joke!  This is Part 2

Send us Fan MailOn May 5, 1976 (about 50 years ago) I, Edward Jeffrey Hill, married Juanita Ray in the Mesa, Arizona temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To celebrate that momentous occasion I am inserting a few bedtime stories that feature Juanita from that time period. This bedtime story tells about our experiences together on March 22, 1976 and is entitled "A Magical Day with Juanita Ray (I'm a poet and don't know it!)  ... Poor Dad joke!  This is Part 1

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill competes against some good athletes in the triple jump, and actually starts to have success.  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells how he became acquainted with the triple jump, and learned to do it without falling over! 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells an imaginative story of how he met Bigfoot for the first time and how they became friends.  Many of the details actually happened, but some of the story is imaginative :)  

Send us Fan MailGrandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about his very first job to earn money outside of the home. He was a paperboy for the San Francisco "News-Call Bulletin."  He shares some of his exploits on this job.  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about how his Dad, Great-Grandpa Edward Eyring Hill, taught him some valuable lessons.  Perhaps the most important lesson was that if you want something you should work for it. You should not expect people to just give you everything you want.  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares how he met Juanita Ray, who later became his wife and the mother of nine Hill children.  Interestingly enough a squirt gun played a major role in this event. 

Send us Fan MailIn this story Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill and Grandma Tamara Snell decide to keep their promise to stay out of debt, but are still able to get the car of their dreams - a shiny red Lexus!  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares a story that he wrote for a magazine about the importance of spending quality time with people you love, especially your children. We must take time for the people we love!

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells of the miracle by which Grandma Tamara Snell became aware of him.  Interesting enough, the venue for this meeting was a bubble bath with a handful of chocolate chips reading a church magazine!  Strange but true!  And yes, it was a miracle!  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about when he got engaged to Juanita Ray in 1976 in the Wilkinson Center elevator between the second floor and the Sky Room. He relates how this led to a tradition of passionate kissing in what must be called romantic elevators!    

Send us Fan MailThis story tells how Grandma Juanita Ray's father, Great-Grandpa Irving J. Ray, gave Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill a wad of crinkled $20 bills to help purchase a state-of-the art computer.  It taught Grandpa a lesson in generosity and love. In gratitude he named the computer "IRV" and used that computer for 15 years! 

Send us Fan MailHave you ever eaten catfood!  In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill learns the hard way the importance of obeying his mom, great-grandmother LaDean Jones, and of not eating catfood! 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares about his ancestors, his parents, his first days, and his first memory.  What is your first memory?   

Send us Fan MailDuring this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill, as a 10-year old girl, learns an important lesson about honesty when she is caught not telling the truth to her mom. It's best never to tell a lie!  

Send us Fan MailLet's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! As we embark on Season 6 and we are serving the Lord on a mission in Hawaii we thought it appropriate to start with a replay of our VERY FIRST episode.  Grandpa and Grandma love you!  In this episode we introduce you to our podcast which will feature bedtime stories.  Then Grandpa tells a story about when he learned to be nice to everyone and to control himself.  We hope you like it. 

Send us Fan MailWe end Season 5 with an episode 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 2026 be your best year ever!

Send us Fan MailChristmas is coming!  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 MailIn 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 MailIn 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 MailIn this episode Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill recounts an incident that contributed to her romantic feelings toward Mark Mulford. Grandma was in charge of a big ward activity and afterwards found herself doing mounds of dishes. Enter Mark!  See what he did to help out and to win Tammy's heart!  

Send us Fan MailIn 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 Fan MailIn 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 MailIn this episode, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill does a few more crazy things. I mean really crazy. At least the hippies at the International Fountain in the Seattle Center were entertained. However, Grandpa has another interaction with a policeman! 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill learns valuable lessons in friendship with animal crackers, poetry, and The Little Prince.  "It is only with the heart that one sees rightly. The essential is invisible to the eye."  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about a crazy thing he did while editor of the Washington High School "Patriot" school newspaper. At this time, unsurprisingly he was going to Washington High School and living in Tacoma, Washington. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about crazy things he did while in elementary school living in Santa Cruz, California in the early 1960s.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about crazy things he did while a pre-schooler living in Santa Cruz, California in the 1950s.  

Send us Fan MailFour years ago, this week, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill decided to retire from his job as a professor at Brigham Young University, Provo. This episode tells the story of how he made this decision. It is interesting that he is now teaching a very similar class on his mission in La'ie, Hawaii at Brigham Young University, Hawaii. This time, however, he is not getting paid!  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill has an interesting experience with an apostle in the Wilkinson Student Center when he began his tenure as a professor at Brigham Young University-Provo.  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Uncle Jeffrey Ray Hill, Sr., relates how he navigated Hill Family music expectations to learn to love to play the piano. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill deals with an unexpected intruder in his cottage in the woods in Hobble Creek Canyon. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill remembers his dad, Great-Grandpa Edward Eyring Hill.  He shares stories about get lost roads, learning to read, and riding the "Big Dipper" roller coaster when he was four years old (and before there were height restrictions on roller coasters).  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa experiments with AI to write a Bigfoot Bedtime Story requested by Mikayla Krristine Merrill. She requested a story with Lydia Wright, Lydia Kuhn, Ellie Hill, Grandpa and her. She asked that the story take place at the Thanksgiving Point Biosphere and include the Pizza Pilot Pirate and Bigfoot. Enjoy! And let me know if you like AI!  

Send us Fan MailThis is the conclusion to "The Advenures of the Spectacular Seven."  In this episode six cousins backpack into the Enchanted Valley Chalet. William, Elsie, and Lydia Wright explore a waterfall and tangle with the Rotund Bald Man with the Ugly Mustache. Does Bigfoot save the day?  You will have to listen to find out!  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Lydia Ethlyn Wright requests a backpacking trip from Grandpa for her 10th birthday. He is ecstatic and trip trip expands to seven souls. What adventures await them as they trek into the Enchanted Valley?  Will Bigfoot appear?  

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Hill tells an imaginative story of how he met Bigfoot for the first time and how they became friends.  Many of the details actually happened, but some of the story is fictional :) 

Send us Fan MailGrandpa tells about his very first job to earn money outside of the home. He was a paperboy for the San Francisco "News-Call Bulletin."  The route skirted West Cliff Drive overlooking the beach in Santa Cruz, California. Though he didn't know why he enjoyed it, he liked to pause on the route to look at the girls on the beach.  On this job he learned that if he stopped for a root beer float every day on the way home, his earnings decreased dramatically. He shares some of his exploits on this job.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa tells about how his Dad, Great-Grandpa Edward Eyring Hill, taught him some valuable lessons.  Perhaps the most important lesson was that if you want something you should work for it. You should not expect people to just give you everything you want. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares how he met Grandma Juanita Ray, who later became his wife and the mother of nine Hill children.  Interestingly enough a squirt gun played a major role in this event. 

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about when he got engaged to Grandpa Juanita Ray in 1976 and how this led to a tradition of Romantic Elevators! 

Send us Fan MailThis story tells how Grandma Juanita Ray's father, Great-Grandpa Irving J. Ray, gave Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill a wad of crinkled $20 bills to help by a computer.  It taught Grandpa a lesson in generosity and love.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill learns the hard way the importance of obeying his mom, and of not eating catfood!

Send us Fan MailHappy 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 Fan MailIn 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 Fan MailWe 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 Fan MailIn 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!