Flexslider strange quirck - need help please

I'm using Flexslider on my front-page.php and category.php.

For some reason on all my categories (archives) Flexslider is starting at the posts_per_page setting of 5 and then going in the correct order.

Below are a few links that demonstrate Flexslider first starting at element 5 and then displaying the correct order.

http://www.girlsgonesporty.com/articles/fitness/

http://www.girlsgonesporty.com/articles/interviews-and-profiles/

http://www.girlsgonesporty.com/articles/lifestyle/

I've set the posts_per_page to 5 in the $args array. The only way I've found to display the correct image is setting the posts_per_page to 1. It's not a slideshow any more but it does display the correct image first.

I have the Slideshow loop at the top and the category loop in the middle. The slideshow loop is set to 5 posts_per_page and the main loop is set to 15 posts_per_page.

I've tried deactivating all of my plugins but that didn't seem to change anything.

Any suggestions would be amazing!

UPDATE!!!

I solved half of the issue so far. Flexslider works properly when I use the default animation: "fade" but still starts on the last element before looping to the beginning when I use animation: "slide".

Is there a way to move past the last element in the Flexslider plugin when using animation: "slide" http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/

Here's what I'm experiencing on Stack Overflow --- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16608110/flexslider-animation-slide-animationloop-true-conflict

Thanks so much,

Lance Williams