Thank you so much for that help but this has raised another issue!
I managed to expand the height of the footer by adjusting those CSS variables and I edited the templates to add the images. It fits and looks good but the problem is that the added height of the footer not cuts off IMPORTANT buttons on the checkout page on INTERNET EXPLORER but works on FireFox Namely the UPDATE button after the user enters their address. None of my customers can process orders! To see what I am talking about here is a link
http://www.apexdefenseusa.com/cart.php?mode=checkout