Brittney & Taylor met at the University of Redlands in May 2012. Taylor had a crush on Brittney after seeing her around the college gym during football / cross country practice. After hearing this gossip, Brittney decided to head to a party at Taylor's house! The two talked all night and a friendship began. The following fall, Taylor would bike past Brittney everyday while they were both heading to their afternoon practices! The two would wave, smile, and head off to their sports. That December, Taylor asked Brittney to join him for Christmas Crawl (an epic holiday party) that was the last weekend before winter break. Brittney happily agreed. The two spent the night singing country renditions of Christmas songs and running around the orange groves of Redlands. The two kept in touch over winter break. Taylor stopped by the Brandt house on his way to Sacramento from Redlands to meet Brittney's sisters. He brought the best dog in the world, Shylah Irwin, to meet the girls, too. (Brittney wouldn't realize for many years that Santa Maria was not really on the way from Redlands to Sacramento but very out of the way) Upon returning to school in January 2013, the pair decided to make it official... and the rest is history!