Divorce Support Forums: I dont kow what to do

Well, My ex is driving me up a wall. I'm hoping someone can shed some light and give me some advise. I am really saddened for my four boys ages 15, 13, 10, 7. My ex and I went to a mediator at the beginning of our divorce to set up an agreed upon visitation schedule. He decided that he would take the four boys 3 weekends a month and 2 boys ever tuesday. Well 2 years later and he has not taken the boys on the weekends at all. My boys would literally sit at the window and wait for him, he would never show. This is really crappy. Well two years later they are used to it. He picks them up on the tuesdays and gives them a story that the poor boys believed for a long time. Now they don't really care. My ex states to them all the time how much he loves them. He states that he cant pikc them up becasue of the gas prices. And the latest thing is he told them he cant see them on tuesday because he will be in jamaca. My oldest boys are very upset, the two younger ones dont really know the difference.

My question is: is there anything I can do to make my ex take the kids. Right now I have no time for myself and I am at my wits end with the kids in a bad mood every weekend. If I have to let them go with them, why cant I make him take them? I get very little child support and cant afford them with me all the time. I budgeted for one weekend. They are actually eating me out of house and home.

I was hoping I could get some advise. I cant afford a lawyer right now and I am worried about the boys emotional well being.

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