laissez les bon temps rouler

I took French for 5 years but I had to look it up – the prompt in English is “let the good times roll.”

My parents live on one of the three major lakes in our area. It is beautiful there all year round but especially in the summer. They have 3 bedrooms with beds to sleep 6 and a few more if you pull out the sleeper sofa in the basement and throw a mattress on the den floor.  With a kitchen sporting two ovens, a long dining room table seating 10 on holidays, this house is a great place to host visitors.

So last June when my parents informed me they were going to be away on a trip later in the summer, I asked if I could have my friends over for a “retreat.”  About 6 of them responded – perfect!  They brought their crafts, their own food and wine and special pillows, and we stayed one night together. It was late August, crunch time for many of us, and it just didn’t work out for everyone to stay longer.

Mom sent a note the other day that she and my dad have signed up for another trip this summer.  I’m getting my invitations out early this year.  Laissez les bon temps rouler!!