For those that don't know or remember, I really do have a great relationship with my ExH and his wife. It wasn't always easy but the last, probably 4 years, have been. We have been doing big birthday dinners and school stuff with all of us together but this was way bigger.

Anyway, we did a night a Great Wolf Lodge for her. They got a room and I got a room. We all had such a blast! It was so easy and no stress at all. We hung out in each other's rooms, there was another couple there too that are friends with them (their son and BS are really good friends so they came up for the evening and their son stayed the night with BS). We drank, we laughed, all the kids ran around crazy (there was 11 of them all together!) it was just a lot of fun.

SM and I are plotting another trip or something we can take everyone on together. I just wanted to share and give a positive story. I know that something like this isn't possible for everyone, GOD knows that it would never happen with BM! But, just that it is possible. For us it was baby steps and we created a relationship for the kids that wasn't based on conflict. Custody was settled. CS was settled. Now we just parent the best we all can together.