Are you close to your family?

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My family and I used to be very close. We always had family get togethers on holidays and it was always great. Then things changed. I grew up, moved out, had problems, moved back in, then when my two kids hit 3 and 4, I was suddenly ousted from the family get togethers. My dad who I lived with would get invited, but I'd be stuck at home with my kids and nobody else. (Later I was told this was because they couldn't handle the kids, but now the grandparents are older with new grandkids and they see them quite frequently) When I moved down here with my sister, she told me it was so we could spend holidays, etc together...yeah right. We did that for all of maybe two of the 5 years I have lived here. She makes arrangements months beforehand, then when I ask her to come for a dinner, she can't because she has already made plans. It used to bother me alot when we were living in the same house and they'd make arrangements without us, knowing how important I think family should be and now I haven't got that close family relationship. This year I knew nobody would come or call and so we made arrangements of our own and like usual, they pretty much fell flat. We had an easter dinner the week before with my daughter and a friend, then we were going to have another one after easter, but my daughter got into trouble and wasn't around and our one friend cancelled so it was only the three of us. (my hubs, our friend and I)and what a shock...nobody even called. My son never called, grandparents didn't call, dad and stepmom never bothered either, so I didn't call any one of them. So, I was just wondering how many of you are close to your families and how many of you aren't?