Student Exchange Programs

I’m wrinting a letter to my spanish exchange student and was wondering weather you could check to see if it makes sence lol because tranlators normally come out with alot of crap lol!
thanks!

hola
qué tal?
te extraño y gracias por venir a mi casa, tuve un tiempo excelente con ti!
que tal la viajé a casa?
era triste sobre el tiempo a sabado pero era divertida.

could you please translate this to spanish too thanks!!!

it seems very empty at home with out you
how are your family?
my father said it felt like he had 3 daughters
what have you been doing recently?

thanks in advance