Family

The Matteson Family

Molly's Shower (Aug. 25, 2002)

A couple of Molly's friends put together a basket of little shoes and socks. It was the cutest thing.
During the shower Olivia was standing at the railing making the funniest faces.
Molly and her mom.
When the Matteson's lived in Salem they had great neighbors. Here are a two of them. L-R: Rebecca, Angie, Ann, Donna.
Can you tell that Olivia is saying cheese?
Molly's friends. Kim, Molly, Tanya
Molly, Donna, Grandma Jeanie, Angie, Robin

Memorial Day Weekend 2002

Donna, Molly, Q and Robin went to this great park on Saturday morning when the guys were golfing. This is about as close as Q would get to the geese.
The park was beautiful! Molly is almost 5 months pregnant here.
Katie and her boyfriend, Colby, came up and spent some time with us. They were having lots of fun hanging out with Olivia and Q.
Q and papa.
Q is reading a book to Grandma Jeannie.

Easter 2002

On the Saturday before Easter Olivia went on an egg hunt at a local park.
All the eggs were gone by the time she got there, so Papa Matteson bought some eggs off a couple of kids.
Olivia had lots of fun finding the same five eggs over and over again.
Us adults had lots of fun watching Olivia find her eggs.

L-R Back Row: Donna (Bi Bi), Forest (Daddy), Ned, Nick, Jerry (Papa)

L-R Front Row: Angie (Mommy), Olivia, Molly

Not pictured: Robin (Mobin)
After the Easter egg hunt Olivia had just just hanging out in her new bathing suit.
BiBi gets a kiss from Olivia.
What a smile!
Like three peas in a pod.

February 2002

In February we spent a weekend in the Bend area at a rental vacation house with Nick's family. As usual Olivia was great entertainment.
Olivia loved to play hide n seek.
But if everyone is counting, how is hiding?

Summer 2001

We all went camping for Angie's birthday weekend. It was quite cold and windy, but we still made good use of Donna and Jerry's boat.

L - R: Nick, Angie, Forest, Ned, Molly, Donna, Jerry
It wasn't just a little windy, it was VERY WINDY! We all kept waiting for Ned and Molly's tent to blow away.
Olivia helped the guys fix the boat.
Olivia made sure she was good and dirty before mommy and daddy had to put her in the car to go home.

Kara and Alex came for week long visit during the July 4th holiday. On July 4th we all drove the coast and spent the day having fun.

Top Left (clockwise): Forest, Kara, Donna, Angie, Alex, Olivia, Jerry
Q and Olivia Quinten and Olivia at The Enchanted Forest on June 8. Q just didn't want to smile, but we couldn't keep Olivia from smiling.

Katie's Graduation

Almost done! Katie graduated from high school on June 7, 2001.
Katie's officially done!.

Ned's Tackle

Ned's Tackle Ned had his first football game of the season on March 17th. Here's one of his tackles.

Memorial Day 2000

We spent Memorial Day 2000 with Nick's family. Ned and Molly relax.
David and Q had a great time together.
Nate gets in touch with his inner child with Q's help.

Easter 2000

Ned and Molly hosted Easter this year. Donna and Jerry were back east with Angie and Forest waiting for the birth of their new grandchild. (L-R: Kyle, Jeanie, Ned, Molly, Scott, Nate, Nick, Kathy, Katie, David)
Katie and Kyle had to team up to get the egg that ended up inside the speaker.

A visit to Spokane (March 4, 2000)

Q with the remote During the weekend of March 4, Nick, Robin, Ned, Molly, Donna and Jerry drove out to Spokane to help Scott move. During the move Q watched some TV.
Ned and Q After the move we had lunch at McDonald's where Q was hammin' it up.

June's Wedding (December 1999)

June married Don Petersen in December 1999. Most of the family was able to make it for the celebration.
They held the wedding at June's house while the house was sill decorated for Christmas. They were married by a friend.

Isabelle's Shower

In February 1999, Janet and Grant adopted a 5 year girl from Latvia. They named her Isabelle. A few months later Donna had a shower so we could all get to know her.

Nate's Graduation

Nate graduated from South Albany High School on June 2, 1999.

Angie's Wedding

Before the big event, all the bridesmaids, and bride, spent the afternoon getting all glammed up.
Sometimes you have to look weird before you can dressed up.
Angie and Forest were married on August 24, 1996 at Grey Gables in Milwaukee, Oregon. The wedding was outside and gorgeous. Angie's photographer took this photo before the ceremony. It's our favorite.

Angie's father, Jerry, had the pleasure of giving away the bride.

Easter 1997

We spent Easter 1997 with Nick's mom's side of the family. This was the first time Robin met part of the extended family. Here are all the women that were there.