The Wind has been Knocked out of my Summer Sails

I have been SUPER excited that my BIG summer plans are only 12 days away. I (with 3 of my kids) are driving (with my MIL) to MO on June 9th. We will spend about a month there, then I'll head off to Chicago for a few days with my awesome friend from college that I haven't seen for 5 years. Then its off to MN to spend time with my parents. My Dad will drive back with me to LV sometime in August. Yes, friends I plan on beating the LV heat by being GONE for 2 months. Yes, I do feel guilty for leaving my husband home alone and Yes, I feel guilty for leaving my job as primary president, but I really need to get away. This is my last chance to do something big before Hunter starts kindergarten, so I'm going for it!

The plan was for Isaac to join us whenever he could. We had originally had a plan with his Mom that we would do a week with us and a week with her. Which meant that Isaac could spend a whole week in MO or MN. He was super excited. I was super excited.


If you noticed that I said, was you'll know that by using the past tense, that the plan has now changed. His Mom could not come to a compromise with us, so now we are going back to the divorce decree arangement. Which is that we get him Wed. night at 8 PM until Sun. morning at 8 AM. He also can't go to scout camp with our ward because his birthday is during that week and his Mom has him for his birthday this year and she won't let him go. He will still go to scout camp with his other ward, but that means that Russell will have to cancel his flight to MO to pick him up. It happens to be father's day weekend, so we get him but now Russell won't see his other kids or his Dad.

So you can see why I'm sad. I'm also mad. This sucks! Well, I guess I just have to focus on Isaac and make sure that he is o.k. I'll also have to check on flights so that he can go back and forth more often. I just don't get her. Sometimes it seems like she doesn't think about what Isaac wants. It's so frustrating.