Farho.net Family Blog

Baby Geese in Des Moines Iowa

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:04:00 +0000

Mike's Montana Birthday Brownie

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Sue Leading Christmas Carols

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:23:00 +0000

Josh is next to the TV

Lebanese Christmas Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:11:00 +0000

The dark center of the top cookie is date

Mike's Christmas Dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:50:00 +0000

It took a lot of self control! No seconds either. Top right are my oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies.

Singing Christmas Carols

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Joshua Eating Lebanese Ice Cream

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:54:00 +0000

It was very sweet and stretchy.

Joshua Taekwondo Red Belt 2nd degree

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:15:00 +0000

Taekwondo Joshua and Issa

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:46:00 +0000

Tadpoles and Guppies

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:20:00 +0000

I found a storm drain full of guppies and tadpoles yesterday. So I returned there today with a net and some peanut butter jars. It isn't easy to get a photo of a hyperactive fish!

Three Tadpoles

Male and Female Guppies

Lunch at Portofino's in Abidjan

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:02:00 +0000

Avocado shrimp salad

Chicken breast with creamed mushroom sauce

Mozzarella pizza

Plain pizza bread

Fresh watermelon

Ramadan 2008 Lebanese Pastries

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Are you hungry yet?

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Joshua's Taekwondo Red Belt

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:33:00 +0000

Issa and Joshua

Sergeant John Farho

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:39:00 +0000

John getting his Sergeant rank pinned on him by Holly

Joshua blue belt test

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:58:00 +0000

Mohamed and Joshua

They both passed their tests to move on to the next Taekwondo belts. Josh did a great job.

Crocodile farm

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:00 +0000

Crocodiles don't like it when you poke them in the ribs.

We had a lot of fun visiting the crocodile farm at Assini. As you can see in this video, a crocodile is fast. When he snaps at the wood stick, he is just a flash of fearsome muscle. It really gets your adrenalin pumping. See how the crocodile uses his tail to attack. I felt like I jumped a foot when the crocodile fist jumped. I guess I didn't, since my camera stayed stable.

-Mike

Abidjan Zoo elephant

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:40:00 +0000

John is feeding Cany the elephant

Abidjan Zoo black Emperor scorpion

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:39:00 +0000

This black Emperor scorpion was on the ground at the zoo in one of the separation areas that keeps animals separate from the visitors. Joshua spotted it crawling around. It was larger than my size ten feet.

Abidjan Zoo

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:37:00 +0000

This turtle is over 60 years old.

Cany the elephant is 16 years old

Mike, Sue, Josh, John and George Assouf

George arrived to tour the zoo with us. This is a large Silk Cotton tree or Kapok (Ceiba pentrandra). Notice how the trunk branches out into supports. In French it is called a Fromager. Fromager is French for cheese tree, because the ripe seedpod smells like cheese.

John and Sue

The others were all on this bench that was on two piles of dirt a foot above the ground. Erosion had worn away the surrounding dirt.

Josh, John , Sue and Mike

As I joined them, the ground crumbled and it tipped forward. John caught the bench as we jumped from it. Then we took this photo.

Water Baseball

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:27:00 +0000

John working in Africa

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Daniel and John are nailing the first side piece to the pulpit.

The fruit of over 4 hours work!

Joshua's Baptism

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:56:00 +0000

Gavin Johnson, Joshua and Mike

Josh was so excited when he came up out of the water. He clenched his hands in victory. It was so much fun!

John's baptism

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Gavin Johnson, John and Mike

John is just coming up out of the water in this photo. What a joyous moment to share with the CCC 2008 team!

Joshua and a forest crocodile

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:20:00 +0000

Singing in Bambara

noreply@blogger.com (Mike Farho) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:12:00 +0000

John, Joshua and Sue with the CCC 808 team singing a song in Bambara for the Modeste C&MA Bambara congregation. They also sang a song in English.