crock-pot sausage and potato soup

Ingredients

• 12 oz packages hillshire farms beef lil smokies, halved
• 6-8 small red potatoes quartered,
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 - ribs celery, sliced
• 1 package dry onion soup mix
• 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 can 14.5 ounces; diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 can 15.25 ounces corn, drained
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper