Hello all - this is Corbin.

As you heard we arrived safe and sound Thur. evening. The wedding was wonderful!!
We are still experiencing some jet-lag as Jord and I slept 11 1/2 hours 2 nights ago! The flights and airports all went smoothly up until Seattle. There we had about a 2 hour lay-over. Because we had purchased the Seattle/SLC ticket towards the end of our trip, we had to claim our luggage, then recheck it. We also had to go through customs as we were re-entering the states. So, we were planning on being busy, but, we weren't expecting .............. the following delay.........
First I will give you a little history on the subject. I didn't know if it was legal to bring a snake skin into the country so I packed mine in between clothes so that it would hopefully not be found..........
Well, when I was in the baggage claim section of the Seattle airport, I was not feeling good about the whole thing of trying to sneak the skin in. Then a security officer came by and specifically asked if we had any feathers or skins. I told him that I had some bird feathers and a snake skin and he jotted it down on a piece of paper. When we got to the customs section, because we had the skin and feathers, the officer sent us to an agriculture section, where we would talk with the officers who knew about the agriculture laws of re-entry. They sent all our luggage through an exray machine and then I found the snake skin and feathers for them. A fish and wildlife officer was called. As more questions were asked and items of concern were brought up, the more things we told them we had. We didn't know all the things that they would be concerned about. Like dirt on the bottom of a shoe could bring in microscopic amneotoads (sp)!!
They told us we were not in trouble because we were being honest. I think it was when we pulled out a wooden object that we think had live wood-boring bugs in it was when they had to go through all of our luggage. In our large luggage pieces they dug through everything, EVERYTHING. At one point I told them that they could take it all so that we could be sure to get on our next flight. They said that we couldn't just drop it off but had to stay. Well, it took an hour and 45 min. for all the phone calls to be made, our luggage to be searched, multiple officers to come check it, and for me to sign papers. At that time we were about 30 min. from when the flight took off and 10 min. from boarding time! As you can imagine we were flying!!! Our luggage went on a conveyer belt, to be picked up again upstairs. We were running up and down the escalaters. We had to rent a cart in order to transport all of the luggage but the machine only took 1 and 5 dollar bills. So off to the Delta counter I ran with my 10 dollar bill to get change. They couldn't give me change, but told me where I could buy some mints in order to get some change. I bought the mints and using the change rented a cart. We ran over to the elevator and not knowing which level we needed to go to I picked the ticketing button thinking that that sounded right. And it was!! Praise the LORD!!!!! When we got to the counter to check in our luggage, the lady at the desk said, "let me punch this in real quick before the computer dies!!!" I was nervous. I anxiously watched as she pulled out the first two and then the second two baggage stickers. PHEW!!! Thank you LORD!!! Next we ran down the escalator to the subway station. When we arrived at the bottom I saw our train there with the doors open. And as any of you know that have been on one before, they don't wait long. I could have got on but Jord was a little behind me so I stuck my arm in front of the door so that it wouldn't close. It began to close anyway, so I pulled my arm out and that train left without two very important people. =-) The next one was due to arrive in 4 min. I checked the sign and it said that the train would stop at the "S" gates and that was where we were going, but........ when the train arrived at 2 and 1/2 min. we jumped on and looking at the sign inside the subway it listed all the gates, but the "S" gates!! I jumped off and checked the other sign then jumped back on as the sign outside still had "S" gates on it. As the train rolled along, we prayed that it would stop at the right gate and that we would get on the flight. The first stop was the B gate and the next was S!!! Praise the LORD. We had to take another flight of escalators, then when we arrived at the top, we were in the "S" section. We quickly found the right "S" gate and I saw 2 people standing there and figured that they were boarding. But, when we went up there, the fellow that would be checking our boarding pass, informed us that we still had time. In about 5 min. we boarded. Praise the LORD!!! We were on!!! We had been praying a lot that we would get on and GOD answered our prayers.....with a YES!! The LORD had answered all our prayers for safety and health throughout the return trip and we had a joyful reunion with our family that night at the Salt Lake City Airport.

Thank you for all of your prayers and support. I am looking forward to seeing you all again.