Anniversary trip to Hawaii

My wife Darlene and I had a wonderful 40th Anniversary trip to Hawaii. We were gone 10 days and visited all four main islands. This is such a wonderful place to visit. Some of the trip involved a cruise ship which was a 1st for us.

Music Night at LuLu Beans Tonight

The Concert by Becca and her dad was fun tonight. It was held at LuLu Beans Coffee House in Willmar and drew quite a crowd.. See a photo gallery of the event at the LuLu Beans Gallery.

Willmar Middle School Musical a success.

I just attended the production of Suesical Jr. Everything was great including the costumes, set, choreography, singing, acting and music. It was another example of the value of music in our schools.

LuLu Beans coffee time

Sitting in LuLu Beans talking to a new web site customer about his new web site.

New photo venture

I have decided to create a new web site which will hae the ability to sell my photos online. www.DennisBensonPhotos.com. My first entries were taken at the Kandiyohi County Fair horse judging competition. I've used the Smugmug site for processing the payment and photofinishing.

Family Reunion 2009

We had a wonderful family reunion at the Oak Hills Christian College Retreat Center. All from our families were there except 2 spouses. We were able to play, work on crafts with the kids, fish, play volleyball, catch up on visiting, visit Itasca State park and walk across the Mississippi headwaters, eat at Dave's pizza, visit Bemidji University, have a smore building bonfire, hear the Loons call, and more.

Prairie Winds band 1st concert of 2009

Our first community band concert in the park went well last night. We had about 230 in attendance. Besides the free popcorn and water we were able to meet the new Dairy Princeses. They also brought free ice cream bars for everyone.

Next week we will be meeting the cast from the upcoming ANNIE production as well as playing a selection for the show.