The end to our day Saturday April 28th

We made it through the LAX airport and into the baggage claim area where we retrieved our bags. This is my first time flying into LAX and yuk! It is a very dirty and chaotic airport. We went outside and waited on the center island for our shuttle to come along and take us to the Westin hotel. It's a very busy area and the drivers are nuts! We had 5 bags, chad had 2 and the rest of us 1. The shuttle eventually came and we were the first ones on and then it wound up full. We were the only ones dropped off at our hotel and when it we started retrieving our bags, 1 was missing! We looked and looked, people were waiting to be shuttled on to their hotels, the driver was going through everyone's stuff, no luggage. It was one Chad had been in charge of. He said "I told you to look and see if we got everything". (insert eye roll here) He stayed in the van to be returned to the airport after everyone was dropped off. I went inside and checked in. I turned my cell on, called Chad to see if he made it, he hadn't yet but wanted me to call baggage claim and see if anyone turned the suitcase in. I was looking up the # in the phone book when I got a call, it was Alaskan Airline baggage claim. Someone HAD found and turned in my suitcase. Thank goodness I had my cell # on the label. Chad arrived just as she hung up from me. Whew!!!!! We were thinking it was NOT a good start to the trip. He did admit when he got back that it was his fault and no one else's. Let me tell you, we had hawk eyes on our belongings for the rest of the trip.