jquery pageload order

I am using a couple of jquery scripts but they seem to be called at the very end of the page load which is causing some delays in the .css formatting. I tried the most basic thing I could think of, calling them first with wp_enqueue_script in the header, but that didn’t work. I’m guessing that something needs to go in the functions.php file, but it’s a bit too advanced for my WP knowledge.

The two scripts that I need to call are:

<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

Anyone have any ideas? The scripts work, but the loading order is frustrating. Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly!