Dennis Shackelton and Lori Meaux

I like the photo of Me and John Minto. That is just wrong to have us in this category, but very very funny!!

The McCalister's...

Credit: You Know Reno = Ryan & Reno Stacy (can't figure out how to add our names) but I would have to say we are the cutest couple in Santee, not that I'm biased LOL :)

Paula Mc Calester and hubby are the cutest and sweetest couple in Santee for sure!!!

Roberta & Jeff Cremeans for sure :)

I vote for Roberta and Jeff Cremens! Couple number 13

Jeff and roberta cremeans for sure : )

The cremens have my vote!!! Couple 13

Roberta and Jeff get the vote

Jeff and roberta cremeans

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans

Jeff & Roberta Cremeans favorite & cutest couple!!!

The cremens have my vote!!! Couple 13

the cremeans for sure!

Look at those Cremeans, CUTENESS! (pic #13)

#13 Roberta and Jeff!!!

#13 Roberta & Jeff!

Roberta and Jeff Cremeans are totally the cutest couple in Santee!!

#13 roberta and jeff cremeans!

CREMEANS...They are hot!

Cremeans!! #13 :-)

Paynes #14

Jayson & Erika Payne

Couple #14 have it all - cute AND (more importantly) SWEET! Go, Erika and Jayson!

Jayson and Erika Payne. You just cannot get any cuter than those two. Plus they are beautiful inside as well.

Jayson and Erika Payne!! Not only are they the cutest couple, they are beautiful inside as well!!

The Ooompa Loompas with beer gut

Jayson & Erika Payne

Couple #14 all the way!! Jayson & Erika Lin Payne. SO CUTE and always so FULL of Santee pride!

Jayson and Erika Payne #14!!!

The Paynes

The Paynes!!

Toss up between 5 and 6....., but I'll go with 5 since I actually know half the couple and just had to include a vote that didn't transpire from spamming friends and family across the U.S. to vote LOL! But, oompa loompa w/ a beer gut? Someone must be seeing things...weird.

#14 Jayson and Erika Payne are CUTEST FOR SURE!

#14 The House of Payne is definitely the cutest!! Yay Jayson & Erika!

Jayson and Erika Payne! #14!!!

Hmmmm....#6 is sure a tough couple to beat here in Santee....but I think I'd have to vote for the Payne's....

Roberta and Jeff #13 cutest couple!!

Jayson & Erica Payne!!!

Mike and Kelli #17

Yay Mike and Kelli #17!

Mike and Kelli, #17!!

Mike and Kelli (or is it Barbie and Ken) #17 gets my vote...

Mike and Kelli are the cutest couple for sure #17!!!

#18. Rod and Margaret Bobo!!

#17 Mike & Kelli <3

I vote for #18 best ever couple rod and Margaret. Bobo

My vote is for #17 Mike and Kelli

#17 Mike & Kelli

Rod and Margaret Bobo

Kelli and Mike Dayton are sooooo cute!

Kelli and mike are the best they're my mommy and daddy :)

Kelli and Mike Dayton!!!

Cuties couple for sure #17 mike & kelli dayton

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans

My vote is for Couple #17, Kelli and Mike!!!

#17 Mike and Kelli!!!

i lost count on the numbers.. but whatever number the young couple dressed up for the prom is, they got my vote..

doug

#17 Mike and Kelli Dayton!

Mike and Kelli Dayton!!

#17 Kelli and Mike Dayton &hearts;

#17, Kelli & Mike Dayton

Kelli and Mike Dayton
#17

I vote for Me and my wonderful wife
Mike and Kelli Dayton #17

#17 for sure.. they are the cutest couple ever.. Mike and Kelli Dayton!!

no doubt, the best couple hands up, down and all around, is #17 - mike and kelli dayton!

mike and kelli!!!!! they are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!

Alena & Chris Johnson all the wayy!!!

It's a close race between the Cremeans (20 votes), the Daytons (23 votes) and the Paynes (14 votes). Keep on voting until the contest ends V-Day night and you still have a chance to upload a photo and get your friends to vote!

Alena & Chris Johnson

WOW...very cool to see the number of entrants and voters here! With this many different people here who I dont often see posts from I wanted to interject briefly.

As you may or may not know I have begun a quest to change the lack of smoking laws here in Santee. We are the ONLY city amongst 18 that does not ban smoking at our community parks. We also allow smoking on outdoor dining patios at restaurants.

Since I first spoke to City Council about a month ago...I have had a number of organizations contact me in support of my effort.

If you believe that smoking should be banned at our city parks and dining patios please visit the facebook page created for this effort:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smoke-Free-Santee/309463949102071

If you are opposed to the ban, your views are very welcome as well. We need a very active community to get this done. So please if you do want this to succeed, please speak up.

PLEASE let's not make this page a forum to go back and forth about the issue--please do that on the facebook page. OR comment on one of the many other recent stories here on the Patch about the smoking ban.

Thank You! Good luck to all the entrants and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Daytons!!! :D
Bring home the win

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans #13

Jeff & Roberta Cremeans #13!!

Jayson and Erika Payne...Are you kidding me !!!!! No contest....Well I do know another Santee Couple that are my " DEAREST FRENS " but I don't see them in the running so my vote goes to the " House of Payne " !!! Love you guys....

Jon and Darlene Homer!

i vote for couple 18!! Rod and Margret Bobo

lucky couple # 13 - Jeff and Roberta =)

#17 mike and kelli!

#18 Margret and Rod Bobo for sure!!! ;)

mike and kelli! #17 :)

Mike and Kelli!!!!!! #17

Mike and Kelli number 17!!!!!! hope you guys win, you are the cutest.

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans for sure =]

Mike & Kelli, Are so cute together #17

Very good marketing tool, Stephen! It didn't click for me yesterday but I just realized how many new registered Patchers you'll have due to this contest. You know that couples will of course email everyone they know a link to encourage a vote thus bringing many people here who may have never heard yet how awesome a web site this is. WTG! Smart cookie ;)

Erika & Jayson Payne! #14

jason and erika payne for sure

Andy and Anita Bautista!!!

Kelli and Mike #17 The greatest cutest bestest couple ;) because with out them I wouldn't be here :)

Jayson & Erika Payne / couple #14

Jayson and Erika Payne! #14!!!

Jayson & Erika, couple number 14!

#14 the house of payne!!!!!!!

Can I put a vote in for 3 cute couples? #13, #14 and #15! Good luck Cremeans, Paynes, and Homers! :)

Mike and Kelli Dayton

House of Payne!! #14

# 14 Erika and Jayson Payne...Happy Valentine's Day to the cutest couple in the world!

JEFF AND ROBERT #13

JEFF AND ROBERTA CREMEANS

#14 the Paynes!! Way cute!!

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans, #13!!

#14 Payne power!

Jeff and roberta. 13

Jayson & Erika Payne #14!!

Da Paynes #14

Jayson and Erika!

Cremeans #13

Hey! Where's my comment? I voted for #14 the Paynes. Also, I don't know who couple #16 is, but they're really cute, too! :)

Kelli and Mike Dayton - #17

House of Payne - all the way!! #14 Baby

#17 Kelli and Mike are the cutest AND big Santee supporters all around. They get my vote :)

House of Payne, #14

#14 house of Payne!

#14 house of Payne!

#17
Keli and Mike are the best and they are CUTTIES;) My count goes for them! Good luck

#17 Mike and Kelli! :)

Photo # 17...no contest. Best couple here.

#17...some of the best people I know.

Kelli & Mike...the only choice.

House of Payne #14

Erika and Jayson rule

JAYSON & ERIKA from all pics. they are the cuties

Kelli & Mike = <3

Alena and Chris Johnson ALL THE WAY!

Mike and Kelli Dayton! Duh...noooo brainer!

The Paynes, true native Santeeans!

Thanks Travis.

Part of the Mike and Kelli fanclub! Too cute!

Jeff & Roberta #13

The Payne's, hands down!!! Super duper pooper cute, and so it their little boy!

#17 gets my vote!!

#13 Jeff and Roberta

Erika and Jason Payne, Number 14!

#19. Too cute.

The McCalesters

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans

Mike & Kelli #17 of course :)

#13 Roberta & Jeff Cremeans for sure :)

Mike and Kelli, #17 for sure! :)

Number 17 has my vote!!!! Good luck to the Dayton fmaily!! :)

I better vote for myself this is serious competition, I never knew that there were so many cute couples in Santee - We all need to hang out together! (Paynes)

Thanks Jayson

17 all the way!

Jay Payne and Erika Payne, hands down. You can beat cuteness, but you can't beat style!

JEFF E ROBERTA CREMEANS

#17 is my choice. Mike and Kelli are the best.

Jayson and Erika Payne #14 are the cutest couple in Santee!

Go Jayson and Erika Payne #14. I vote for The Paynes #14.

#14!!! Jason and Erika Payne!

Jayson and Erika Payne #14 not only the cutest couple, they have the cutest son!!!!!

Kelli and Mike #17

I've decided to extend the contest until 7 p.m. to give folks a chance to vote after work. Still a chance to be Cutest Couple in Santee!

Alena & Chris Johnson

Alena and Chris Johnson, #25! :)

CREMEANS are adorable! #13

Whoever posted as "Santee Patch" saying we had picked a winner was an imposter and in massive violation of the commenting rules. Keep up the voting!

Yup, I'm voting for myself! Go House of Payne #14.

Go Paynes!!! No one is more proud of living in Santee than them!

Couple 14 for President!

Anita and Andy. They've really gotta be in love!

Couple #14; Jayson & Erika Payne of course!! :)

House of Paynes...naturally!

Jayson & Erika Payne!

Kelli and mike #17!!!!

Jayson and Erika Payne #14

Jeff and Roberta for sure!
Pam Koch

Kelli and Mike, #17 wooo!

Kelli and Mike, #17, Best couple besides my mom and dad! I vote for Kelli and Mike!

Jeff and Roberta Cremeans all the way. GO #13

Go #14 J & E Payne

Kelli and Mike #17. Such a cute awesome couple and the best people ever.

The payne's #14, cutest as tee coupe ever

One last chance, voting ends soon! http://patch.com/A-qLFg

#14 Paynes

Jayson and Erika payne are adorable, super cute! Happy valentines

2=1 and the Dayton's are one of a kind. LuvM.
Ed

The Paynes #14

The Paynes <3

Jeff and Roberta....all the way!! They're so cute in person too!!

Favorite son & daughter Jayson & Erika, love you!!!

Am I too late? Jayson & Erika 14
14
14
14
14

17

And the winner is number 14!!!!! Yay

It was a very close contest! The votes came in 55-54, and after recounting I am pleased to announce Jayson & Erika Lin Payne as Santee's Cutest Couple of 2012!! See their certificate in the gallery. Thanks to everyone for voting and uploading picturs of you and your honey. I'd like to do contests like this more often, if you have any suggestions send them my way at steven.bartholow@patch.com. Congrats to Mike and Kelli Dayton for putting up a very close contest, consider yourselves pretty darn cute as well!

Thanks, Steven. We are stoked to be the first Santee Patch-crowned Cutest Couple. We love SANTEE and are proud to be parents to a fourth-generation Santeean. Thanks to everyone who voted and all the couples, especially the Cremeans and Daytons, for making this so much fun. God bless!
XOXO