Nicole and Justin officially met at a church picnic in July 2016. Nicole was in charge of putting everyone on teams for the infamous kickball game and Justin was just moving back to the area and was attending the picnic with his family. Based on the way the teams were split, the two ended up on the same team, but others were trying to recruit Justin, the new face, to be with them. Not knowing how her actions would be foreshadowing of the future, Nicole sought out the "recruiters" and fought to have Justin remain on her team. That was their first conversation and although their team lost in kickball, Justin and Nicole won something even more valuable in one another.