I've been designing a client site for which I'm using an image map on the main nav buttons, ie : Workshops, Feng Shui, etc., which replaces the images on roll over.

My problem is: the main nav buttons are sometimes taking too long to start working. Is there something I can do to get them loading up 1st? I have a flash animation in the banner at the top that I figure must be causing the slow down.

http://ourtrustisingod.com/

I very much appreciate any suggestions you may have!

I'm a newbie, so I'm going about this best I can... but if you see any other dumb stuff I'm doing while you're in there, please feel welcome to comment.

Thanks,
Susan