the fourhaw are now the lofton family. >> what a wonderful story. we certainly enjoyed telling it and seeing that fami together. if you have room in your home and your heart for one of our wednesday's children, call our special adoption hot line or logon to our website at nbcwashington.com. 1-8 -2-adoption is that phone number. >>> r time, 11:50. coming up, it's time to make your plans for the new year's. tom kierein will be back with another check of the forecast. >>> time to check out the weekend scene. >> hi. >> good to see you. >> great to b here. >> let's start with the american university, a few museum -- a new show at the museum. >> the washington project for the arts is celebrating its 35th anniveary this year. to mark the occasion, they've created a show that really brings together its member artists from the past three decad decades. it means you'll see artists who maybe you haven't seen in 20 years in a washington gallery. and it ream functions as a retrospective of washington art. it is a beautiful space. to do it -- the reason we're tel

the four that are now the lofton family. news 4 for "wednesday's child." >> that's a family that looks like it was meant to be together. if you have room in your home and heart for one of our "wednesday's children"all our special adoption hotline or l logon to nbcwashington.com. >> nice to see a perfect fit like that. >> yeah. well, no family's perfe but -- >> whatever dysfunction you have. >> that's right. your dysfunction looks beautiful. >> sort of like this family as we bring you chuck -- whatever dysfunion we have. >> exactly. and itch the answer to how many dry weekends in a row have we had. of course we'll give you that answer after the break. [ steve ] i was registering my citi card for the holiday sweepstakes, when i got this toy from my colleague in japan. turns out robosan was the hottest toy of the year. [ news tv ] robosan 4000 is sold o across the country. [ steve ] i was going to sell it online and make a fortune. but then, i won a $1,000 prepaid card just because i used my citi card. so i made a decision, if

natalie lofton right here to my immediate left and playing wide outside left is melissa van pelt.f to you. how important was the history of this group in joining this group? >> oh, it's huge, actually, my aunt wrote for bob hope and she was the only female writer on his head writing team but serving our military has gone generations back in my family. they've served since the american revolution and i was particul particularly interested in uso because a dear friend of mine was wounded in the iraq. so my history with him drew me to the uso with my whole heart and so the opportunity to give my talents to serve has been a huge blessing. >> absolutely. natalie, how many places have you been? >> how many places? i have just recently been to dubai, that's the furthest we've gone. we were recently endorsed by worldwide headquarters much that's the further. all over the nation and hopefully to iraq and afghanistan. we're trying to go. we have to get the clearance. >> real quick, melissa, how well do you guys get along? that's the key! harmony on camera but what about off? >> no, we actua