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Last night Chris and I had the best night! I don't know if we were like two teenagers in love or more like old people but heres what went down...he asked if I would like to go out to dinner so I thought all day about where to go and the only place that I couldn't get out of my head was none other than the all American I-HOP! We hopped in the car and found the closest Ihop which by the way is 3 miles from us....we sat down with grandma and grandpas surrounding our table and ordered us the never ending pancake special. It was so perfect! I ate 4 pancakes, 2 eggs, hashbrowns and bacon....totally beat Chris. Our dinner only cost us $12.61, pretty awesome! We headed home and decided that we wanted to play tennis. It had to be the most entertaining game of tennis ever. We lost almost all of our balls and by the time we did lose all of them I thought I was going to fall over. We gathered all of them-finally and headed back home. (We are now huge fans of tennis and will be playing every night.) Anyway, when we got home we got right into a game of Yahtzee..everynight is game night at our house. If you're ever in the mood for games you know where we live :) That's pretty much it. Just wanted to share our wonderful night with all of you.

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Anonymous said…
C&N,

We are so blessed to have you in our lives and we've already shared so many important memories together. We love you both so much and we hope 2008 brings you more joy, love and happiness. Pops is in our prayers and we're sending you all our love. We're practically neighbors and yet our busy schedules keep us apart. Let's plan a dinner soon!

With love, Mindi & Philip Stedman
January 16, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Ray Family said…
Nikki, isn't it awesome when you and Chris can just have fun. And don't have a care in the world but just about each other.

The closet I-Hop around us is in Indiana so about 45 min. away :(
January 17, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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