Need help with widget

Ok so i chopped up some basic wordpress loops to add a recent post with resized thumbnails, so it works just putting it in sidebar.php but i am trying to register it as a widget...this is what i have, but my php is breaking...can someone please thelp

function recent_thumb() {
	echo "<ul><?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?><?php $Image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Image', $single = true); ?>
<li class="thumbnails"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
<img class="preview" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo $Image; ?>&amp;h=80&amp;w=100&amp;zc=1" alt=""/>
<span class="title">
<?php the_title(); ?></span></a>
<?php endwhile; ?></li></ul>"
;
}
 
function init_esea(){
	register_sidebar_widget("Recent Posts Thumb", "recent_thumb");     
}
 
add_action("plugins_loaded", "init_esea");
 
?>

Code (markup):

 

Could you please include the error that your script is throwing? Thanks...

-Brett

 

it was a " error that has been fixed, but the script still doesnt work inside the widget...it only works if i place it directly in sidebar.php (it is having problem resizing and calling the picture)