Hey Brian,
Thanks again for all of your help. And to help others out that may have this issue in the future, I will share my code. You can use this code outside of the WHMCS directory and use an image next to the items in cart output.
<a href="#(1) SOURCE TO CART IF YOU WANT LINK CLICKABLE#"><i class="#(2)image class#"><script language="javascript" src="#(3)full link to whmcs cart #"></script></i></a>
(1) explanation: if you have an image and would like the entire code to be clickable put the link to your cart.
IE: https://link.towhmcs.com/cart.php?a=view
(2) explanation: this is the image class. You may be able to use img src "<img src="pic.jpg" , but I have not tried this so I cannot confirm that to be a substitute for i class predefined image.
(3) explanation: this is the full path to your WHMCS. If you just use /path/to/whmcs/feeds/cartnumitems.php the cart will NOT update. You must use:
http://link.towhmcs.com/feeds/cartnumitems.php
Hope this helps someone else!