i couldn't possibly be happier

**first, i want to take a moment to convey my gratitude today, and every day, to the men and women who keep us safe. especially to my handsome soldier. i love you, jimmy, and couldn't possibly be prouder to call myself your wife. thank you doesn't even begin to cover it.**

 

the title of this post refers to these amazing photos by ker-fox photography.

 

 

 

 

all images courtesy of ker-fox photography©

 

for a bigger sampling of the gorgeous photos they took, look at this blog post.

my  heart is so happy right now! we've never ever had family photos. i don't even have official engagement photos. or many wedding photos.

these capture such a special, unique time in our lives, they make me teary every time i look at them.

thank you so much wes and neely...for capturing these moments for us!

happy happy thursday.

xxo

s

Comments

[Jenn A. (cccjenn)]

Steph, they are AWESOME! I can see why you're so excited to have them. I love the one at the end with the little parasol. And the one where Harper has her hand on your belly. That face-adorable!

[Jenn A. (cccjenn)]

I forgot to say-thanks, Jimmy, for your service! I am ever thankful that you have sacrificed so much for my freedoms.

[Pat]

Such beautiful photes. You are such a pretty lady. Thanks to your husband for his service.
God bless you in the days ahead!

[Andi Sexton]

Beautiful photos!!! And thank you for your entire family's sacrifice and service...

[becky]

Love the one of Sadie with her dirty knees. These are beautiful as is your whole family. Thank you to Jimmy for his continued service.

[Alyssa Byron]

Every single one is just so stunning. U are one very lucky girl! What a wonderful way to remember this time in your lives. And its funny, your favorites, on your blog, are my favorite pics too!

[breanne]

oh MY. what AMAZING photos. what a treasure to have!

[Jenni Hufford]

incredible gorgeous photos... they captured your family and your relationships so well!!! (have to say i love the cowgirl boots in the green chair on the photog website) and sadie with her dirty little knees? perfection. the photo of you and j in front of the car- AWESOME!!!!! what a treasure.

[tara pakosta]

LOVED THEM!
We only ever had our photos done once at church and then once in 2006 by amber nicole and Robby! they were awesome! we treasure them so much! I bet you can't wait to print these and have them all over your house! YOu will have to get them done again after the twins come though!!! awesome awesome!
and thank you from me to Jimmy for fighting every day for our safety!
xoxo
tara

[Theresa]

Sadies dirty knees are just gorgeous!

The whole lot are divine, you look amazing!

[Kacie]

Love, love, love. So Beautiful!

[celeste]

priceless!

[jackie]

a huge thank you to your soldier! and i truly love all of your photos. all of you look soooo amazing! you are truly blessed stephanie, and your love for your family shows. we are so lucky that you let us be a part of it. thank you.

[Lexi Bridges]

thank you to your husband for his sacrifice to our country...and wowza girl--these pics are beyond precious and PRICELESS! What treasures for your family!

[Cass]

Beautiful photos. The one with Sadie, and her dirty knees, is PERFECT! Love how it captures her!

[Jennifer Henson]

The photos are all lovely!! Thank you so much for sharing!! You look wonderful! :)

[Becca]

Those photos are fabulous! Thank you for sharing them and thank you to Jimmy for serving our country so well. Becca :)

[Mariah]

Beautiful, beautiful photos! Happy Veteran's Day. My 91 yr. old grandfather served in WW2.

[lauren]

gorgeous photos of a beautiful family!! the one with S and her dirty knees?!?! GAH!!! :) :) love them!!!
happy veteran's day to j and all of his fellow brothers & sisters in arms.
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[Elizabeth]

Gorgeous!

[virginia]

wow what beautiful pics! love that one with sadie in the girlie dress with the dirt on her knees - such character in all of them!

[Misty Munn]

oh. em. gee. these are simply....GORGEOUS!!!! thanks for sharing!!!

[Stacey]

You look so beautiful!! I mean just beautiful - rested - glowing - peaceful - and your belly so sweet. What a beautiful family!!

[Vivian]

They're all so beautiful!! Love Sadie's dirty knees, and you and J with the car in the background. Thanks for sharing with us!!

[Angie M]

Absolutely gorgeous :)

[Amy Tan]

saw these earlier and they are flipping gorgeous. LOVE

[Megan]

Gorgeous! I love them. Sadie's dirty knees...how perfect is that??

[Kris Cline]

These are ALL so beautiful! (Makes me wish I had preggers photos!Too late!hehe!)

[Rachel]

Oh my goodness Stephanie, these are GORGEOUS!! She did a wonderful job capturing your beautiful family. I just can't get over how beautiful these all are!

[Becca]

LOVE it! So so so cute!

[Melanie]

What beautiful photos!!!!! These are a TREASURE!

Blessings!
Melanie
http://melscoffeebreak.blogspot.com

[allison]

every single one is just gorgeous!

[Marti Richards]

Oh WOW! Stephanie- those photos of your beautiful family are stunning!!
BIG THANK YOU to Jimmy for helping to keep our country safe and THANK YOU to you and your girls for loving and supporting him so that he can do that.

[Neely Ker-Fox]

Stephanie, Wes and I are so thrilled with the overwhelming kind words regarding the photos, but all the credit goes to your awesome family. Your personalities made these images. We're just thankful to have captured these moments for you. We're thinking of you all as you await the twins arrival. And we thank you for all that your husband, yourself, and your family do for this country!

[Erin]

I'm so in love with them Stephanie! You look stunning. Really you do. And that one of your girls walking away on the train track...it took my breath away!

[Erin b]

All of these photos are gorgeous, but that photo of Sadie in her tutu and dirty knees kills me. It's precious. Someday I want professional photos too. Love them. Thanks to J and your family for all that you sacrifice.

[Kim]

thank you both for your sacrifice & service!!!

OMG! you guys are gorgeous! what fun photos!! thanks for sharing!

[Keshet Shenkar Starr]

I love these photos! Love love love!

[JenRay]

Thanks to Jimmy for his service, and to you for supporting him! The pictures are so awesome. The one of Sadie with the dirty knees is so perfect! love it!

[Danielle Calhoun]

beautiful family photos Steph! you will cherish these forever. I just love how they capture your family so perfectly. each and every personality.

[Laura]

They are all just awesome! Hard to pick a fave, but I really love the one of you and Jimmy where his hands are on your belly and the sun is in back...awesome! Also love the one of Harper and Sadie from the back w/the umbrella! Great photos!

[Danielle Barton]

darling! darling! darling! LOVE the one w/ Sadie's knees all dirty! and the girls' back on the train tracks! and the one w/ them around your legs. o and the one w/ you and J. Ok I love them all!!! so happy for you!!!!

[Ki Kruk]

What an incredibly stunning collection of photos Steph! I went to the blog as well and so many of the photos of the girls totally captured their personality! The photos of the whole family are precious and the photos of you and Jimmy are divine!!!

[Christine Campbell]

Oh, STEPH!!! SHE'S FABULOUS!!! That one of you and Jimmy by the car and the b/w one of the girls with the umbrella are my favourites!!! YOU ARE STUNNING!!!

[DeeDee]

Beautiful photos! Beautiful family! Love the cowgirl boots and dirty knees! To stinkin cute!

[Kim N.]

Steph, those pictures are AMAZING!! SO beautiful! I laughed out loud at the picture of Sadie and her dirty knees.

[Amy K]

Absolutely gorgeous photos for you to cherish.

A heartfelt thank you to Jimmy, you, and your family for your service and sacrifice, along with all the service men & women and their families...we here at home are eternally grateful!

[Kathy Martin]

These photos are gorgeous! No wonder you get Geary looking at them!

[[email protected]]

WOW . . AMAZING . . what else can I say...?? Beautiful photos;now I can't wait to see the scrapbook pages! You have a beautiful family Steph.... take care, Love from OKC!

[Mary Jo]

Your photos are amazing! :0)

[Amber Zimmerman]

Those are GORGEOUS!! Love the one of Sadie in her tutu and dirty knees! :)

[Ann]

Normally I'm not a huge fan of the preggo pictures, but these were lovely, sweet, and well done. Of course, the photographers had good material with which to work!

[Linda]

WOW just went and checked out the link, you so have to order ALL of those photos they are f a n t a s t i c.

[Erica Thomas]

I'm not usually a big commenter but I have to say the pictures from your photo shoot are beautiful. The ones of the girls are precious and those of you and jimmy are so romantic.

[Stephanie Howell]

well, its wonderful to hear from you, erica. thank you!!! hope you comment more often, its great to meet you. :) xo

[sophie]

these are just perfect pictures!! being a mother and wife , it moved me so much to look at these! they are really precious to you and your familie!! you look so great pregnant!! thank you for sharing and have a great day!

[Linda E]

Wow, Stephanie! I clicked on the link to view the full album and was completely blown away! Every shot is fantastic!! I can't wait to see the layouts you create with these.

[Christine Parker]

Stephanie.... you are truly "one hot mama." You and your family rocked that photo shoot and your portraits are gorgeous! You have a beautiful family... and I am so anxious to meet your new little girls through your blog postings. Please convey my family's sincere thanks to J for all that he does for our country -- he was one of the very first people I thought of yesterday morning. Thanks for sharing your life with your blog readers, and helping those of us with non-military families to see how very proud we should be of our soldiers -- both past and present -- and how grateful we all need to be to their families. Love you guys.

[Tina Collins]

Thank you Jimmy for your service and to you Steph for being his rock. The family photos are fabulous! I LOVE the one of the girls on the tracks with their umbrella.

[Jennifer Shaw]

Such lovely photos of your beautiful family!! :)

[Natalie]

Those are absolutely GORGEOUS!! I love her dirty little knees! Thanks for sharing
:0)Natalie

[Sandi James]

Although we've never met, I read your blog posts religiously. These pictures made me cry they are so lovely.

[jung a]

loved them! now you'll have to get family pictures done when the babies come! :)

[Michelle Unruh]

I have to agree... you two are such a great couple!! They way you look at each other... Your photos are stunning!!!! I love them!! The one of the girls' on the tracks walking away, precious. And the last one, capturing your big grin!! What a great way to end that post!! Thank you, Jimmy for keeping us safe!! And to you Steph!! You really are his rock!! Hugs!

[Jennifer O.]

Gorgeous photos. My favorite is the last one of the girls walking on the railroad tracks! Thanks to your husband for all he does to keep our country safe.

[Jill]

O man these are fabulous! I am crazy about the one with the dirty knees. That is SO Sadie! You found yourself one great photog.

[Berta]

Stephanie, thanks so much to you and your hubby for the sacrafices your family makes so we can enjoy our freedoms!
And all of the photos are beautiful, how could you ever pick a favorite :)

[Chris Dodaj]

oh Steph, the photos are gorgeous! My favorite is the one of Sadie with those precious dirty little knees!

Your photographer did an awesome job!

[Kat Layton]

The pics were stunningly beautiful! Steph you look amazing in each and everyone! And those adorable girls of yours plus that Major of yours is hot!!!! Wow I could not pick just one picture as my fav they were all so very good!!!!

[Carollee]

I love the dirty little knees, that is so precious! She is just a doll. Your photos are great! And Thanks Jimmy for bravely serving our country and keeping us here at home safe!

[Kathy Chen]

Amazing photos - gorgeous pix of a gorgeous family. The photos make ME smile too :) Thanks so much for sharing them!

[Keri]

Truly stunning, thanks so much for sharing!

[Mary Darlong]

AMAZING photos of your family...Love all of it :). I adore you and your family so much, eventhough I don't know you personally. I'm glad to found your blog ... You are so INSPIRING to me. Thanks for sharing!

[Kristine S]

Love the train tracks

[Dawn McVey (dawnsing)]

Steph, I looked at these briefly on my iPhone the other day but had to come back today and view them on my MacBook Pro (slightly larger screen!)......they're just so, so gorgeous. Every one of them, dirty knees and all! So happy for you. Can't wait til your new little bundles arrive. I know they're going to be soooo loved.

Smooches, Dearie!

[Leslie]

Oh how wonderful your photos are!! What a treasure!! So very happy for you!

[Alexa Gill]

these are so gorgeous!

[Heidi]

Really, really beautiful pictures!! You look amazing and have such a beautiful family!

Heidi

[JourneyBeyondSurvival]

Those are gorgeous! I found you through Stephanie Howell, who showed up on my google reports as me. Because I also go by JBS. I suppose that doesn't matter. You probably just think I'm a weirdo anonymous person anyway. But.

Your blog is amazing.

[Kate aka stinkydudette]

These are such amazing pictures!! You have a gorgeous family... *hugs*

[Leah Martin]

Absolutely beautiful photos of your gorgeous family! I love the idea of the family photoshoot before your new arrivals. Only a short while longer! :]