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Hello everyone!

We are proud to announce that we have officially moved into our first apartment together. The move went great thanks to Lucas and his moving experience. In a nutshell, we moved everything and unpacked in a total of 3 hours! Also, our new king size bed was delivered on Sunday, we are very excited!

In other news let me share a little story that happened the second day in our new apartment.

After organizing and moving furniture around, I decided to take a rest. Now, Lucas doesn't believe in naps so he just paces around the apartment trying to find something to do. While I am minding my own business in our bedroom, I notice that things get "too quiet" around the apartment. After a couple minutes, Lucas comes into the bedroom coughing really hard and trying to catch his breath. I asked him what was wrong and all I could pick out of the conversation was "I .. cough cough... pepper spray..." So I run into the kitchen to see my bright pink pepper spray bottle on top of the counter and I notice that it has been sprayed all over the cabinets (it looks like an orange substance.) So I start coughing and Lucas starts to laugh.

 

Instead of him spraying the pepper spray in the kitchen, he could have walked 5 steps to our back porch if he was really that curious. Instead he chooses to experiment and "test" it out to see if I really works. (Not like I have ever used it before)

After we thought we cleaned up all the spray, my sister in law came over to give us some tasty house warming treats. She ended up touching our counter and later touched her eye. Later on facebook I see this post:

Mary Flo Wallace

October 20

Today I touched mace that had been sprayed on a surface, forgot to wash my hands, then touched my eye while driving home. It hurt, and it still hurts.

Well, guess I get to scratch "get mace in eye" off my bucket list. — with Lucas William Ball and Hannah Ball.

 

So in the end, Lucas and I learned that it is not okay to test out pepper spray in the kitchen... or anywhere else. haha!

 

-Mrs. Ball

Updates for October

Hey everyone! Sorry we haven't updated this for a while, our days seem to get busier and busier. As for an update on how we are doing, we are still holding on for this awesome roller coaster ride. Since I've talked to you last, I accepted a job at a non-profit organization called Youth First. There, I will be the program coordinator and I start in two weeks. We are very excited for me to have this opportunity because it is a job that is right up my alley. :)

 Our new apartment move is next week which we are anticipating because we are basically living in an apartment full of boxes. It's funny how once you pack up something you haven't used in a year and suddenly you feel the need to use a specific object merely because it is packed away. I've been doing that the past couple weeks, haha. 

Lucas and I have been doing great and are learning new things about eachother everyday ( which is what I enjoy the most about marriage). I thought after 4 year of dating I would know mostly everything, but it's different once you live with someone! ( different in a good way ) :). One thing I love about Lucas is his love for Jesus. He encourages us to read the bible together and continue with our devotionals daily. That quality in him makes me fall more and more in love with him everyday. Diving into the word together helps us not only grow spiritually but emotionally as well. And I can honestly say, the more we trust in God, the more God opens doors for us to see His beauty. 

In other news, our pup Maggie is doing ok. She caught some flees at the disc golf field so we had to put a cone on her head ( for all of you that were wondering about the picture). She is fine now after her flea medicine kicked in. I also got crafty and decided to groom her with my at home grooming kit. Who knew she has so much hair that needed to be removed. We could have made a second dog from that giant pile of fur. We saved $30 which was nice! :)

I am excited for next week! It is my last week at Premiere Tan and our moving week. Also, my dad will be in town for a couple days and I always get excited about that because I like hanging out with him:) 

As of now, that's the update for October. It is Fall Festival week so make sure you eat some pronto pups for me! We are starting our "healthy eating" phase next week haha. I start my new job in 2 weeks so wish me luck!

-Mrs. Ball