Michael and Michaela met in August of 2015 at his sister's basement birthday party. Michaela and Jess had become close friends during some of their college years, and they attended Jess' 20th birthday party together. Fast forward many years later, they had spent time together during big events (including Jess and Trevor's wedding, more birthdays, Friendsgiving and housewarming parties) - however did not start dating until they both were living in Green Bay and working at Aurora BayCare (Michaela was completing her clinical rotation as an OT, and Michael was completing his Sports Residency program). They spent the summer playing on a volleyball team with Jess, Trevor and some other friends. Michael claims that Michaela was giving him multiple “high fives” per game and that’s when he knew - leading to their first “official” date. They went to see "Top Gun" in theaters and the rest after that was history. They were both eventually hired as full-time employees at Aurora Bay Care and have been living and working in Green Bay ever since.