Problem with ui.tabs.php?

I’m hoping someone might have come across this issue before:

I’ve installed branfordmagazine theme on my test site at https://www.becomebetter.com. This theme uses ui.tabs.php to display a tab box with 4 tabs. The theme and script appear to be working OK except for the following issue:

If you’ll watch closely, when you first load the page, the tab titles first appear as a vertical list of links right right under the main menu bar before the tab box fully renders. If any of the images on the page take any length of time to load, the tab box also takes longer to display and the list of links show up longer.

I’ve noticed this on other sites that use branfordmagazine so it might not actually be a problem with ui.tabs, but with how it’s being used in the theme (maybe in the order that scripts are being called).

Has anyone experienced this type issue with ui.tabs in any other theme? Can anyone offer any ideas as to what might be causing ui.tabs to display this way?

I’m currently clueless so I’d really appreciate any and all comments. Thanks.

Hiram