Many of you know about Jerry's knee injury of 6 years ago? Well the trial was June 24-26 in Provo, Utah, and it didn't go well (to say the least). We got 1/10 of what we asked for. The jury decided that Jerry should have been able to get a job even while his knee was hurting (so the defendant didn't have to pay for wages he was "voluntarily" foregoing) and that his knee had been bumped so many times during the year we waited for surgery that they weren't convinced that the surgery wasn't needed to fix a secondary injury. The fact that there was no pain -> accident -> pain -> surgery -> (then, miraculously) no pain was utterly lost on them. We ended up at the Timpanogus Temple the night after the verdict came in (when you can't think something nice...) and we're working to forgive and move on. Our attorney is going to contact the medical providers (whose combined bills are quite a bit more than the verdict amount) to see if they'll reduce the bills to match the recovery. Otherwise, we'll be paying them off the slow way, like we're already doing with all the student loans we had to take out to live.
The day before the verdict, though, we took the boys and went with Jerry's mom on Trax to see temple square.
We toured the conference center and finally got to see the roof! As most of you know, the roof of the conference center is like a garden--it even has a 4-acre meadow with 2 acres of wildflowers!
Then there are waterfalls, trees, a sandblasted marble picture of church members from all different times all grouped together, benches, paths, etc.
I'd wanted to go up there since it was built, but it was always closed when I tried. Then, since 9-11, safety concerns dictate that no one gets to wander the conference center without a guide.
The elevator even has a special pad to detect the special badge our guide was wearing before it would take us to the roof. So sad. The roof was beautiful, though, and we had a great time both there and riding trax there and back.
The day before the verdict, though, we took the boys and went with Jerry's mom on Trax to see temple square. 
We toured the conference center and finally got to see the roof! As most of you know, the roof of the conference center is like a garden--it even has a 4-acre meadow with 2 acres of wildflowers! 
Then there are waterfalls, trees, a sandblasted marble picture of church members from all different times all grouped together, benches, paths, etc. 
I'd wanted to go up there since it was built, but it was always closed when I tried. Then, since 9-11, safety concerns dictate that no one gets to wander the conference center without a guide. 
3 comments:
I'm sorry that things didn't go as well as you had hoped! Especially after waiting 6 years. I hope that you're able to work out a deal with the medical people.
I'm a little bugged you didn't let me know you were in Utah. But I guess I'll forgive you. Thanks for the reminder about the conference center. I have never been up there. Maybe be will do that for a family fun activity. It seems like your family enjoyed it.
Good grief! Jerry's clean shaven!!! I had to zoom in on your picture to make sure it was him!!
What a bummer about the knee junk. I'm so sorry things didn't turn out better... you guys are awesome.
Glad the kids had a 'great' time canoing - get them back out on the water and they'll forget all their fears again (and probably tip it once more!). HUgs to you all -
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