Because it's too hot to do anything else

Technically, our neighborhood is considered a swim/tennis neighborhood. That's the thing around here. You want to be in a swim/tennis neighborhood. It's pretty self explanatory. It's a neighborhood that has a swimming pool and some tennis courts.

I say ours is "technically" a swim/tennis because it's pretty bare bones. We do have a pool and we do have tennis courts. Our pool is pretty plain with a few tables some lounge chairs and a bathroom. And we have 2 tennis courts. Some swim/tennis communities are pretty elaborate with a club house, swim lanes, a diving board, a kiddie pool, life guard, actual bleachers and lights for the tennis courts and real people to play on them. That's fine though. We are happy with our little pool. In fact, not many people in our neighborhood take advantage of the pool. There is really only 1 other family that we see with any regularity. We go almost every day and most days we have it all to ourselves. And these days, it's just too hot to do anything else.

Our kids are finally old enough that I get to sit by the pool and actually read some!