Are you nuts?!  
First things first, asking me if I am nuts is not really a fair question.  Have you met me? Of course I am nuts but that has little to do with our family's decision to home school our children. When I was first "exposed" to homeschooling it was such a positive experience it left me with more questions than answers.  So many in fact that we were attending Home school conferences during our first year of marriage (we didn't have our first child until six years into our marriage). 

When we purchased our home we didn't move into a "bad school system" although our fall-back plan was the fact that Colorado is an open enrollment state so really this was not of concern for us.  What started my discontentment was when I realized that our growing town only had one elementary school and that it was busting out at the seams.  I joined the grass roots efforts to add more funding to get a new school and the bonds didn't pass. It was disheartening to learn of the apathy there was toward our educational system. Not to mention a quick look in the mirror of the same place I had been at just a few years prior. Ouch! 

My initial reasoning had to do with ratios.  A teacher can be the best teacher ever however, when ratios are high the reality is that they are policing behavior and doing very little teaching.  I put my oldest in private school for preschool and we had the best experience. Ratios were small, teachers were awesome!  There's very little criticism I had, if any.  Obviously the costs were high but that is what you pay for and at least I was walking into it with eyes (and wallet) wide open.

The thought of home schooling zapped in and out of my head but I dared not think of it.  I recalled all of my past experiences with homeschooling and did not feel adequate to take on such a task. I know better now and realize that this is the "lie" that we are trained to believe.  I still felt that I was falling short since such an  adventure requires a healthy support group.  I put a list of things together that I needed...make that a spreadsheet.  Oh how I love spreadsheets!  Wouldn't you know it God answered each and every prayer.