Chasing Butterflies

Well folks... one of my little dreams has come true. I RECORDED! By the end of April I will own a CD with my voice on it. WOO!! Now I just want to go to a professional recording studio (or semi...or not at all professional!) and do a CD with just me and songs I want to sing instead of one's I love but have to sing for the sake of having a recording of the show :P And the beautiful girl that played "Little Amy" made me a beautiful handkerchief with "Marmee" sewn on! Made me teary :) Another dream that I really haven't talked about much/ever really... is going to Africa to do Humanitarian work. I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Africa and share my talents, or even put my more obvious talents to the side and just work and help the people there. Well... I have met a lady. And she is helping me find connections and good programs to go through! It will be an expensive little booger, but hopefully within the next few years I will get to go to Africa for a week or

So I know I JUST wrote a post... but I NEEDED to share this. It is rather personal... but not many people read this so I'm pretty okay with it I think :) Today, technically yesterday, I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the Washington, D.C. temple and take part in some of the sacred ordinances we do there. For the past week or so I have been trying to prepare. I prayed like a mad-woman, fasted on Sunday for very specific questions I wanted answered at the temple, etc., etc. I really wanted this to be a good trip. On Monday, we went to DC and played at the zoo. I love the zoo. Then we went to the Visitor's Center that night and just watched some videos and had a good time. I loved having that extra time to prepare  and really focus on the Spirit. I closed my eyes a few times and said a few prayers. It was just a good prep. This morning I read scriptures on my way to the temple and we listened to very good and powerful music. I was praying the entire time asking for he