Send us a text We 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....
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Send us a text We 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....
Send us a text We 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....
Send us a text Christmas 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 a text 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 a text 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 a text In 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 a text 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 make you very creative.
Send us a text 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text Four 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text In 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 a text This 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 a text In 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 a text We 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....
