Wow Caitlin.. I got goosebumps reading that– what a beautiful encounter!
This evening and the following evenings- I would say out loud that you apologize for falling asleep- but it's soooooo hard for us humans to stay awake when our bodies are tired. It's next to impossible for us. Even though our minds are willing, our bodies are weak.
You may also welcome them too and tell them that next time you see them, you will make a special effort to stay awake for them. I would leave out something– a gift of appreciation for them too. They don't require it, but it's a nice token and gesture of kindness to these Beings who really are special and do so much for our Earth.
Two semi-precious stones are nice– something pretty. Also a candy or two– something lemon flavored and sweet woudl be nice too.
Even leaving a cup of juice out for them in your room is nice.
Here is an actual photograph of someone who submitted this in the Warrior Matrix forum over a year ago. There are all different kinds of faery- some winged, some not winged whatsoever… Some have seen some faeries with dragonfly-like wings too– white and clear.
The shimmery colors you saw surrounding them were their energy field.


The person who took this photograph had been restoring a previously negative area — cleaning up debris and doing energy healing work in that area to help turn it from a negative place to a positive place. A year later he was there camping at night and felt a presence there– a positive presence, so he randomly took photos at night– and two of these Beings showed up flying over the area- this smaller photo is part of his much large photo that also shows a second flying Being in the picture as well.