Grandpa and Grandma Bedtime Stories
This is a SWEET podcast where we share stories that will help you be courageous and choose the right. We hope you will laugh a lot, cry a little, and learn from our experiences.
Episodes
216 episodes
S5-E25 What in the Heck is Cryptozoology? (Big Foot Story)
In this slightly tall tale, Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells about going with Aunt Sarah, Cousin Nathan, and Cousin Booker to a Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine. There they have some scary adventures with Pi'e Grande and Big Foot. ...
S5-E24 George Washington Hill Finds His Wife in the Woods
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells the story of his great-great grandpa, George Washington Hill, and how this ancestor found his wife in the woods, found the gospel, and moved West with pioneers of The Church of Jesus Christ of L...
S5-E23 Oh No! Grandma Stole Some Lip Gloss (Fortunately there is Repentance)
In this episode, Grandma Tamara Snell Mulford Hill shares how she made a poor choice and stole some lip gloss. Fortunately, she shares how she learned a lesson and became a better person because of it.
S5-E22 You Win If You Do Your Best and You Are a Good Sport, Even if You Lose Your Shoe! (Final Episode of the Triple Jump Sage, Part 6)
This is the final episode in Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill's triple jump saga. Listen to find out what happened at the 1971 4A High School track meet at the University of Washington. And a particular shoe that didn't cooperate very we...
S5-E21 It's Best to Compete with Yourself, Not Others (Part 5, Triple Jump Saga)
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill works hard to complete a goal in the triple jump, but learns that it might be better to compete with himself than with others.
S5-E20 Becoming a Person of Integrity (Part 4, Triple Jump Saga)
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill learns the importance of becoming a person of integrity as he strives to reach his goals in the triple jump.
S5-E19 Pride Comes Before the Fall (Part 3, Triple Jump Saga)
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill has success with the triple jump, but unfortunately his pride comes before the fall.
S5-E18 Romantic Elevators (Happy 50th Anniversary!)
On 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 fea...
S5-E17 A Magical Day with Juanita Ray (I'm a poet and don't know it!) Part 2
On 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 featu...
S5-E16 A Magical Day with Juanita Ray (I'm a poet and don't know it!) Part 1
On 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 featu...
S5-E15 Grandpa Starts to Have Success in the Triple Jump (Part 2, Triple Jump Saga)
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill competes against some good athletes in the triple jump, and actually starts to have success.
S5-E14 Grandpa Stumbles in the Triple Jump (Part 1, Triple Jump Saga)
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill tells how he became acquainted with the triple jump, and learned to do it without falling over!
S5-E13 Meeting Big Foot for the First Time
In 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 :)
S5-E12 Grandpa Becomes a Paperboy
Grandpa 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.
S5-E11 If You Want Something, Work for It!
In 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 n...
S5-E10 How a Squirt Gun Brought Grandma Juanita Ray and Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill Together
In 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.
S5-E09 Our Shiny Red Lexus - And How We Stayed Out of Debt
In 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!
S5-E08 Take Time for People you Love
In 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!
S5-E07 How Grandma Met Me in a Bubblebath
In 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 magazi...
S5-E06 Romantic Elevators
In 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 ...
S5-E05 Great-Grandpa Irving J. Ray and a Computer Named Irv
This 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. ...
S5-E04 Obey Your Mom! Don't Eat Catfood!
Have 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!
S5-E03 Grandpa's First Memory
In this episode Grandpa Edward Jeffrey Hill shares about his ancestors, his parents, his first days, and his first memory. What is your first memory?
S5 E02-Grandma Learns a Lesson about Honesty
During 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!
S5-E01 Let's Start at the Beginning
Let'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 Gran...