Hi stephieb,
Seems like we have a lot in common my hubby and I are 36 have 4 children ( all boys!) and are looking to emigrate to oz. We are in the early stages of applying for our 189 permanent residancy visa. Hubby has his Ielts test on the on the 18th and is also dyslexic.
We also found the whole were do we start?? thing difficult. Hubby got lots of useful advice from the lovely people on here, we also spoke to a few migration agents and visited a seminar. After a lot of research we bit the bullet and assigned a migration agent in August. We were told a 189 was definitely the safest and best option with having 4 children as we will be entitled to medicare, no school fees and child benefit.
Good luck with your decision.
Kelly x