Adding To Our Shabbat

So far Sandy and I have been ushering in the Sabbath by saying the blessing over the candles and lighting them. This Shabbat we are adding a Kiddish and a blessing over the bread.  The blessing over the wine or Kiddish is short, but we are adding things slowly to our ritual to the Sabbath. The following is the blessing over the wine.

 ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך העולם, בורא פרי הגפן

Next we added the blessing over the challah or bread.

ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך העולם, המוציא לחם מן הארץ

Very simple thing to add these blessings right after we light the Sabbath candles. It never hurts to acknowledge the creator for the Sabbath and the wine and bread that we are able to enjoy.