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Celebrating Valentine's Day. This was a crazy-fun week. (Maybe a little heavy on the crazy.) But fi rst and for emost, guess who got engaged yesterday? Whitney and Keith fro m Survivor South Pacific ! Is that the sweetest thing ever ? ( Y e s!) . They fe ll in love on the island during Survivor South Pacific , and have been to g e the r ever since. It's really incredible. And here's her ring. Isn't it beautiful? (PS: I've asked if I can be the f lower girl. Stay tuned. Ha !) We are so happy for them ! Our family loves Ms. Whit and Keith! Ms. Whitney Duncan's engagement ring (soon to be Whitney Tollefson!).   Whitney Duncan, (c) CBS, 2011. Second, our guinea pig, Amelia Valentine Pond (named for Dr. Who) cele brated her bday yesterday. And our kids SPOILED her . They made her cake out of ruffage, guinea pig pellets, and water. She loved it, but it looked like Vegemite!   Then, our oldest daugh ter h ad a...

ME! At Bikal camp, in the water. See, it's low tide. Those rocks behind me aren't always so exposed. I'm guessing it's 100 degrees plus on this day. (Guessing, because I didn't have my CELLPHONE to check the temp. Ha!) (c) CBS, Monty Brinton, 2012. Since we were able to adopt ou r kids, I'm not really familiar with waiting 9 months for a baby to be born. But if waiting for Survivor Caramoan to air is anything l ike that wait , I can't imagine! Wooooo. I am so glad it's finally here! (We played the game in the summer of 2012.) Tonight 's the big night : the premiere ! (Psst: I s this so nutty? I applied for Season 2. Now I'm ON Season 26!) I can't wait. I mean it. I literally cannot wait for tonight!   Like most people, I am seeing this episode for the first time. I haven't seen an ything other than commercials. Well, and these fun clips CBS posted yesterday. I hope you'll watch -- e ven if you are rooting fo...

I'm so glad it's Friday ! That means we're only DAYS away from Valentine's Day AND the premiere of Survivor Caramoan (Wed. on CBS). I think it's going to be the best week ever . Do you have any fun plans this weekend? Me ? No ne. And I love that. Just wide open calendar space. Ahhhhhhhhh! **** PS: Here are some of the press photos from episode 1 of S26. I should mention , we played in the Philippines and it was beautiful (and hot ! ). PPS: All photos are (c) CBS, 2012 , Monty Brinton .   Me. Bikal Tribe (Favorites--returning players). Francesca, Phillip, Malcolm, Corrine, Erik, Brenda, Andrea, Brandon, Dawn, and Cochran. (Minutes after arriving in the game.) Gota Tribe (Fans--new players). Reynold, Eddie, Hope, Shamar, Michael, Matt, Allie, Julia, Sherri, and Laura. Gota camp. Eddie, Hope, and Reynold. Bikal camp. Andrea, Cochran, and Malcolm. Bikal flag marking camp location (there's our one pot, one m...