Jim trying to help with first steps but our dog Jiffy basically clothesline tackles Jeff.
Jane and Jeff - Albuquerque, NM 1971
Great-grandmother Knight tries to chill out 6 week old Jeff
We’re Number 1
Four generations of Schroer men with great-grandfather Arthur Schroer, Grampy Jack, Padre and Jeff.
Family portrait in the Albuquerque backyard late 1970s
The 70s Easter fits tho…
The extended Schroer family gathers in the Albuquerque backyard including Uncle John, Aunt Marge, as well as cousins Tammy and Marge. (Note Grampy Jack’s raspberry to end the clip)
Jeff’s first Easter and another opportunity for Jim to clown on Super 8.
The Family Schroer in the front yard of the Hiltons’ home in Los Alamos NM late 1970s
Pure, distilled family Schroer as Jeff plays on dad’s IBM boxes
Jim goofing around on Easter in New Mexico. Again.
Jingle, the little one with the floppy black ears was our second puppy after Jiffy and the first dog that spent her entire life with us boys. (Jiffy was the alpha well before Jeff was born)
Padre and Jeff in Los Alamos circa 1972
You had to be in the 70s to comprehend the cultural power of matching corduroy outfits.
Even in Albuquerque, Jim was able to initiate a proper indoctrination via NFL IP agreement with the holiday seasonal Sears and Roebuck catalog mid 70s.
Late 1970s family portrait most likely taken in a studio located inside a department store at the local mall.
Christmas 1985 brought the Schroers their first family personal computer and Jim had moved from Super 8 to VHS, but nonetheless, continued to build the family media archive that now exists only on computers.
Jason received the majority of the basketball DNA in our immediate family and while he didn’t win the state championship, he too was the starting point guard his senior year and competed in the Waco regionals.
Jeff and Jim at Jeff and Gail’s wedding in August 2015
Jeff and Jason summer of 2015 at Jeff & Gail’s wedding
With the addition of Max and Bennett, Jim became simply “Grampy” as his father had with us.
The grandsons Max and Bennett
Jim walking one of his favorite dogs, (J)adeva on Grinnell Drive