Lora,
"tons of small peppers, light green-almost yellow in color, growing
straight up"
I'll also bet the plant is smallish & bushy/not tall & tree like. If the
fruit are thin & tapers to a point, sounds like a Thai, one of its relatives
or an ornamental. Serranos grow on taller plants, spaced around the plant,
point downward & are bullet shaped.
Congrats on your green thumb,
Paul