$ih = Loader::helper('image');
$img = $ni->cObj->getAttribute('pic_new');
if (count($navItems) > 0) {
   echo '<ul>'; //opens the top-level menu
   foreach ($navItems as $ni) {
 
      echo '<li>'; //opens a nav item
 
      $img = $ni->cObj->getAttribute('pic_new');
      if ($img) {
         $thumb = $ih->getThumbnail($img, 1000, 1000, false); //<--set thumbnail width/height here, and change FALSE to TRUE if you want the thumbnail cropped
      }
 
      echo '<a href="' . $ni->url . '" target="' . $ni->target . '" class="' . $ni->classes . '">' . '<img src="' . $thumb->src . '" width="' . $thumb->width . '" height="' . $thumb->height . '" class="menu-icon" />' . '</a>';
      echo '<p class="menu-text">' .  $ni->name . '</p>';
 
      if ($ni->hasSubmenu) {
         echo '<ul>'; //opens a dropdown sub-menu
      } else {
         echo '</li>'; //closes a nav item
         echo str_repeat('</ul></li>', $ni->subDepth); //closes dropdown sub-menu(s) and their top-level nav item(s)
      }
   }
 
   echo '</ul>'; //closes the top-level menu
} else if (is_object($c) && $c->isEditMode()) { ?>
   <div class="ccm-edit-mode-disabled-item"><?php echo t('Empty Auto-Nav Block.')?></div>
<?php }