There are some meditations you can do before sleep that include mentally 'welcoming' dreams to be a part of your sleep and also to remember them.

Some ideas I've read or heard about include things like waking up slowly and quietly and letting your mind be still, not letting it begin focusing on anything even though it wants to (shower, coffee, work, etc). Waking suddenly, like with an alarm clock, brings the mind from unconcious to conscious quickly and the memory of the dream is lost, although it can come mind later.

I don't remember mine often but when I do it is typically on a day I don't have to get up by alarm clock and after I have awakened the 2nd time, after falling back to sleep.

Another suggestion I read is to keep a paper and pen by the bed to write down anything at all that comes to mind.

Sometimes it is just a quick vision, not a big long dream for me. Two I've had recently are a vision of standing in a hallway talking to someone (therapist) and there is an open door to a room off this hallway. Through the doorway, that I only look at out of the corner of my eye, that room is totally engulfed in red, roaring flames. I wrote it down and when I did more things came to mind about it.

Last night was a vision of just finishing getting into a car on the passenger side, with only my right foot/leg left to bring into the car then I would be totally in. The car door is open, ready to close. But I can't bring that foot/leg inside! I'm wondering for a second if we could just go ahead and pull away like this.. as if figuring out if it would work. lol. crazy! Just a vision, a snapshot, is what these are like. They are fun to think about and see what else comes to mind, then share with my therapist.

So, you might want to Google 'dreams' or visit some meditation sites (there's a free meditation called Secret Garden on this site: http://www.meditainment.com that's very nice to do). Or, check out books or books on CD about meditation. Also a site I order material from is here: http://www.wholeperson.com.

Dreams are fun.