Luis Almaguer Family

Ok, this is my family's picture history. It covers most of our lives, but not all of it. We have hundreds of pictures and would never have enough memory on any server to put them on (unless I paid for it).

I met my wife, Elfida Peña, in 1977 while we were both at the University of Texas at El Paso. I had seen her around but did not get to know her until January of 1978 when she moved into Barry Hall, which was the same dorm I was staying in.

We got married and moved to San Antonio, Texas. My dad helped me get a job with the same company he worked for. I started as a chainman making $3.15 an hour. Within three years I made crewchief and ran a three man survey crew. We lived next to my parents in a house they gave us. The neighborhood was quiet and friendly. Living next door to my parents gave my two sons a great opportunity to get to know their grandparents.

Maiko spent as much time around Mom and Dad as he could. Carlos would go next door and my Dad would sneak him M&M's. Both boys have a lot of respect for my parents.

In 1988 I got hired by the Waco Police Department and moved away from San Antonio. My parents moved back to Eagle Pass.

Here is our life in pictures.

This is Dora, Daniel and me while we were still living in Eagle Pass, Texas. This picture was taken in 1976. It was the last winter I would spend at home.	almaguer waco eagle pass texas hewitt	Man, was I rough looking...We were at the Rio Grand fishing when Mane took this one. I always liked wearing my hair long. It was a constant argument with my parents. I always said that when I had kids they were going to be allowed to wear their hair long...DANG! Neither one of my sons likes to wear long hair!!
This is Michael. We always called him MAIKO. If you look at the pictures of our granddaughter you will see that she looks just like him.	almaguer waco texas hewitt eagle pass pena pena	This is Elfida stealing plants from Mom's side of the yard. She still looks very young.
This is me again. I wore a beard for 10 years. I had to shave it off when I joined Waco PD. Then after 11 years we got a new chief and he approved the wearing of facial hair. I am back to wearing a beard except now it is almost all gray.		Maiko with his first fish. He still loves to fish. We were at Medina Lake during spring break.
Sundays were always a good day to go to the Flea Market or the Zoo. This was taken at the San Antonio Zoo.		Ishmael Peña game Maiko this lowrider bike when he was about 7 years old. When Maiko was 22 Ishmael gave him a 1988 Customized Chevy Siverado.
Carlos' first trip to the coast was not a happy one. He did not like getting sand on his shoes. Mary Garza was his baby sitter.		This is one of our Christmas pictures. Vickrey and Assoc. always had a company Christmas dinner. After the dinner Mr. Vickrey would hand out the Christmas bonus. That was a great company to work for. We were always treated like a big family.
Carlos during his cowboy phase. He went through many phases while he was growing up. This was one of the more main stream phases.		Carlos and Maiko on Carlos' 3rd birthday. He was going through his Pee Wee Herman phase. He wore those jackets everywhere he went.
Here he is during his Michael Jackson/Terminator phase. He had long hair during this phase. He was the coolest kid in our neighborhood.		Carlos and Willie fighting again. They would play and fight and play and fight....They acted just like brothers.
Carlos took this picture while at South Bosque Elem. School. He had some great teachers there.		Elfida and me at the Almaguer family reunion in Lubbock, Texas. We had a wonderful time seeing family we hadn't seen in years. This was the first time we (all the cousins) got together after we all were married. Everyone had kids already!!!