Ashsten's Night of Blessings

 Sunday was the renewed moon, our Night of Blessings, but

the honouree was not able to make it on Sunday night...

so, we rescheduled it for Tuesday night being that was the

night she was free.

Ashsten Nicole my oldest daughter was

to the honoured guess at our

Night of Blessings

She didn't know the dinner was for her, she

just thought she was eating over.

!!Surprise!!

(Joseph was blowing the shofar, let the celebration begin...)

The royal blue plate and glass was her place setting...

royal blue for the person of honour.  The pink

candles, napkins, and ribbon was add

because pink is her favorite color.

After dinner we read our letters of blessings...

YahChanna reading her letter to Ashsten

Some of the handcrafted gifts...

do you remember the topsy turvey doll YahChanna

was making... yep she gave it to Ashsten

Hand knitted wash cloth with scented glycerin

soap... so soft and pretty



Ashsten & AbbiYah

The letters of blessings we made for her

more hand crafted gifts... dehydrated strawberries, lime green

hand knitted wash cloth with soap, hand knitted pink 'I love you' socks

and the topsy turvey doll

Joseph, me & Ashsten

Our New Tradition

I wanted to post some pics of our Sukkot gathering, but have missed placed my camera :-( I'm hoping it wasn't lost at the camp grounds. So instead of a Sukkot post I'll share a new 'family tradition' we have adopted from a precious family we met at the gathering.

The tradition is called 'Night of Blessings' and on each new moon we plan of lavishing blessings on each other or on a chosen family member. The blessings can come in the form of a song, poem, letters or small hand crafted item, however the poem or letter is what we are encouraging.

Tonight was our first night of blessings. Joseph and I exchanged letters and the girls exchanged letters. We read the Blessings to each other, it was very beautiful!!

Each one of us received a letter of blessing and

I would like to share just a small portion of

each here:

Joseph reminded of a scripture Yah gave me years ago:

Luke 1:45

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of

those things which were told her from Yahweh.

I shared with Joseph the peace I have knowing

he goes to Yahweh and waits before making

decisions that will effect our lives.

AbbiYah pronounce the

Aronic blessing on YahChanna

in Hebrew.

And YahChanna let AbbiYah know how

much she appreciates her willing and cheerfully

helping her when she asks.

Next month we plan on showering my

oldest daughter with letters of Blessing

and a dinner in her honor.

Much gratitude and thanks goes out to

a beautiful sister who shared with

us one way she bonds her

family together...

Thank You Kelly!!