Happy Birthday Mike and Ryan!

Feb. 23rd Birthdays: 1955 Howard Jones rock pianist/vocalist
1972 Jamie Watson NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
Events:
1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
Iwo Jima Day (1945)
Feb. 28th Birthdays:1968 Sarah McLachlan folk singer
1980 Nick Carter singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 Elijah Wood, actor (Lord of the Rings)
Events:
1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Happy Birthday Katie, Jason, Nicholas and Lucy

Feb. 5th birthdays: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Red Buttons, Hank Aaron, Roger Staubach, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Events:1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published, 1942 "Woman of the Year", starring Hepburn & Tracy, opens at Radio City, 1967 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS, 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points

Feb. 12th: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Omar Bradley, General of Army WW II , Lorne Greene, Forrest Tucker, Joanna Kerns, Arsenio Andie MacDowell
Events:1921 Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies, 1967 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs, 1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)

Link to Emily's Blog

I ended up starting a blog for myself about my adventures here in Hong Kong. The address is emilyandhongkong.blogspot.com

I'll add it as a link from this Hillstrom Blog. Check it out if you want. I got a lot of pictures there.

Em

Happy Birthday Lori and Sydney and in remembrance of Grandpa!
Birthdays on Jan. 19th:
1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford VA, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) 1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1936 Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She) 1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
1954 Katey Sagal Los Angeles CA, actress (Peg Bundy-Married with Children)
1982 Jodie Sweetin actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House)

Events:
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 seconds
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market

Birthdays on Jan. 20th:
1928 Martin Landau Brooklyn NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
1929 Arte Johnson Chicago IL, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie) 1930 Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr Montclair NJ, USAF/astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)

Events:
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1945 FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as President
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President

Emily in Hong Kong!

Hi family! I wanted to let you all know that I made it to Hong Kong. I've been here for a little over a week now, and I'm starting to feel like a regular! What an exciting, busy, diverse city. There's so many new things to see and do. I love the Chinese food. And, might I say, I have chopstick skills I never knew I had! I've even impressed myself, I thought I'd be a flop at that! I've only eaten like 4 meals with a fork. My finger muscles will be really strong by the time I get home!

Here I am standing in front of one of the open markets that they have all over here. They sell lots of fresh fruit, fish, meat, veggies, etc. And, they also have booths that sell anything you've ever wanted (or not wanted for that matter!) (cheap China trinkets, etc)

Everyone I work with is super nice and it's been fun to experience the new culture here. They are all excited to introduce me to their Chinese way of life! I think I'll really like it here! I have an ocean view from my apartment window, which I love (although I can only seen part of it, through the other tall buildings, but I'll take it!). And, it's weird to not have a car. But, the public transporation is wonderful and I can get most places close by using the "Ding Ding", or the trolley.

Anyways, hope you're all well. Keep in touch. My email is emshillstrom@hotmail.com. Or if anyone wants to come visit, I'd love it!

Love,

Emily

Happy 5th Bday Cade!

Check out our new Blog!!

Hey everyone. Check out our new blog! Thanks for all your help, we would have never figured it out on our own. This is such a fun way to keep in touch, I think I just found myself a new hobby :) Love you all! Love, Kristina and James A.K.A. the Hillstrom Buckeyes.
GO BUCKS!!!