Any suggestion to speed things up? Yeah, find a nice outfit like Clacton on the east side of England, book 2 solid weeks of flying, and bring your family to the seaside at the same time! The rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean and drops most of it on the Emerald Isle, the rest is dumped on the Lake District and Scotland. At Clacton, you can learn in a taildragger, now that is real flying!
Or pay no attention to all these poor people who are still smarting from the delightful experience of going through customs - in Orlando they have to be nice to people, and Orlando Executive has a nice little airport, your family might enjoy that idea as well.
Rather than dragging out the training over 18 months of the occasional decent weekend, get a couple of weeks intensive work and you will make a lot more progress. But do not pay a lot of money up front. Sus out the operation of the flight school first. The Yanks always want you to commit to the whole package.
I've got a son living in Orlando, if you want to know more, PM and I'll ask him to check out some places.