Taking one for the team

For the last month or so we've been playing softball on Friday nights with some of our married friends from our old singles ward. Bud usually plays outfield or third base and I usually play first base. However some weeks our friend Kerri and her husband Thad play and Kerri likes to play first too so we take turns playing first and second. Well during the top of the fourth inning of our first game this week I was playing second base and a girl got up to bat. She hit a fast grounder right to me and I went down to stop it confident that I'd stop it. But just before it hit my glove it took a bad hop, hit the edge of my glove and hit hard right above my left eye. If felt fantastic...I'm pretty sure I teared up a bit but I finished the inning even though I could feel it swelling. When I came into the dugout everyone's mouths were hanging open and they started laughing. It had turned into a huge knot. We got some ice from the snack bar and then kept on playing in true sports lovers fashion. The pictures below have been taken over the course of the weekend as it has turned slowly from a knot to a black eye. Fortunately all the bruising is right where I put my make-up so you can't even tell. The saddest part is we didn't even win one game that night. It was a rough evening. :)

Friday night after the games

Saturday morning

Saturday afternoon

Sunday morning #1

Sunday #2