Colby and Ashley both grew up in Warren County. He was friends with her cousins, and they also had friends in common, though they didn't really form a connection at that time. They both took their own paths through life, and nearly twenty years had passed by. It wasn't until all those years later when they reconnected through Ashley's cousin, Nathan, that they were really able to see how much of a connection they had. The timing couldn't have been more perfect for the both of them. When they first reconnected, they were living 3 hours apart, so they talked.... A LOT. So many small coincidences and random synchronizations were becoming evident. It felt like they had known each other this well for years. It took no time to realize that they were each other's person. Colby took to the kids almost as instantly as he did Ashley, not hesitating to love and treat them as his own. They both fit in to each other's families perfectly. Colby moved back to the area only a few months after they started talking and they have been inseparable ever since.