diff --git a/booking.helper.inc b/booking.helper.inc
index d210fa9..8c291f3 100644
--- a/booking.helper.inc
+++ b/booking.helper.inc
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ function _booking_change_status($nid, $status_id)
 
 function _datearray_to_ts($date)
 {
+	watchdog('booking', 'Date Conversion: @info', array('@info' => var_export($date, TRUE)));
 	date_default_timezone_set(date_default_timezone(FALSE)); 
 	$tz = new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone(FALSE)); 
 	
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ function _datearray_to_ts($date)
 
 function _datetime_array_to_ts($date)
 {
-	//watchdog('booking', 'Date-time Conversion: @info', array('@info' => var_export($date, TRUE)));
+	watchdog('booking', 'Date-time Conversion: @info', array('@info' => var_export($date, TRUE)));
 	//watchdog('booking', "Date time conversion timezone configured as: @info", array('@info' => date_default_timezone(FALSE)));
 	date_default_timezone_set(date_default_timezone(FALSE)); 
 	$tz = new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone(FALSE)); 
@@ -993,6 +994,7 @@ function _booking_amount_paid($nid, $person = NULL)
  */
 function _booking_total_due($person)
 {
+	//watchdog('booking', "<pre>_booking_total_due person:\n @info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r( $person, true)));
 	$total_due = 0.00;
 	
 	//check for a spouse
@@ -1018,8 +1020,20 @@ function _booking_total_due($person)
 	//finally we must be in the late-fee period
 	else
 	{
-		$total_due = $person->booking_late_price;
-	}
+		//when first creating this node the price information won't all exist 
+		//since we combine that with the booking_person table in the hook for node_load
+		if (!isset($person->booking_late_price)) {
+			//query the database based on the payment_id that is set when we first create the node
+			$query = db_select('booking_price', 'p');		
+			$query->condition('p.pid', $person->booking_payment_id, '=')
+				->fields('p');
+			$result = $query->execute()->fetchObject();	
+			//set the result
+			$total_due = $result->booking_late_price;
+		} else {
+			$total_due = $person->booking_late_price;
+		}
+	}	//end payment type conditional
 
 	return $total_due;
 }
diff --git a/booking.regn_form.inc b/booking.regn_form.inc
index 4a2b72d..ac75eba 100644
--- a/booking.regn_form.inc
+++ b/booking.regn_form.inc
@@ -1069,15 +1069,16 @@ if (variable_get('booking_enable_passport', 0) == 1)
 
 
 function booking_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
-  return _booking_validate($form_state['values']['form_id'], $form_state['values']);
+  return _booking_validate($form_state['values']['form_id'], $form_state['input']);
 }
 
 function _booking_validate($node, &$form_state) {
 	global $event;
-	
+	//watchdog('booking', '<pre>Booking registration form validation:\n@info</pre>', array('@info' => print_r( $form_state, true)));
+
 	//in case the date of birth field hasn't been filled out
-	//watchdog('booking', 'Blank date of birth checking: @info', array('@info' => var_export($form_state['booking_dob'], TRUE)));
-	$dob_check = $form_state['booking_dob']['day'] != '' && $form_state['booking_dob']['month'] != '' && 		$form_state['booking_dob']['year'] != '' ? _date_to_ts($form_state['booking_dob']) : 0;
+	watchdog('booking', 'Blank date of birth checking: @info', array('@info' => var_export($form_state['booking_dob'], TRUE)));
+	$dob_check = $form_state['booking_dob']['day'] != '' && $form_state['booking_dob']['month'] != '' && $form_state['booking_dob']['year'] != '' ? _datearray_to_ts($form_state['booking_dob']) : 0;
 	
 	//Verify this is not a duplicate registration
 	//try and find the person in the database for this event