My head is spinning...

I got a little overwhelmed last night. I am currently trying to pick out the curriculum that I am going to use with my children in about a year and a half. I know, I'm starting kind of early looking for the curriculum, but for my first year I think that I can probably use all of the extra time that I have.
I do have some curriculum that I want to use. My sister was a kidergarten teacher at the top school in the county and one of the top in the state. While she was a teacher there they used Saxon math. I have since then heard some really discouraging things about using Saxon. I have also heard that Math-U-See is an awesome curriculum that is similar to saxon is some areas, but better. Is there anyone out there that has used both curriculums?
Secondly, they used Spalding for their LA. I have heard that SWR is better organized than Spalding. I have also heard that they are practically the same thing, but SWR is just presented in a better format. What do you guys think?
The area that I am really interested in hearing people's opinions is with the history/geography/Bible area. I really like a curriculum that is not just text books. I want my children to love learning, and enjoy hands on learning when possible. So, a couple of curriculums that I have looked at for this area are Sonlight (money is not a deciding factor) and TOG (Tapestry of Grace). Has anyone used these 2 curriculums? Is anyone willing to give me their thoughts on the 2?
At this point I don't know WHAT I'm going to do for Science. I'll wait to figure that out after I have figured some of these other curriculums out.
Thanks for any help!