Mason's King of the Hill Birthday Dinner

Mason turned 15 last Thursday and we celebrated him with a King of the Hill themed birthday dinner ;) He LOVES the show and we have so many family jokes using lines from it so it felt very "him" and very fitting for the occasion ;) 

  

There's not a lot of King of the Hill party decor to choose from so I found this Hank Hill figurine on Amazon and paired it with the $1 number candles from Walmart and together they made the perfect topper for Mason's requested Dr. Pepper cake.

I found a cute roll of blue plaid paper at Homegoods and felt like it was neutral enough to use as a base for the stickers I as going to use on the table and then when this Dale Gribble hat came in from Etsy I knew I needed to use the orange ribbon I had on hand to tie it all together.

Dale is a character from the show and he wears this "Mack" hat that I felt like Mason would abslolutely love (since our last name is "Mac") and then I found the sticker to match ;) 

Bobby Hill socks

There's not a lot of King of the Hill party decor out there so I decided just to buy a bunch of vinyl stickers and use those on the table to tie in the theme.  I bought them all on Etsy and Mason is pumped to use the on his laptop, binders, Yeti cooler, etc.

Simple but CUTE! I really think the biggest "trick" is using a roll of wrapping paper as a runner - it instantly adds so much!

I thought I had orange napkins, but it turns out they were actually red - which worked out just fine ;) 

On their birthdays I let the kids each pick their menu and Mason requested brisket (both chopped and sliced), sausage, and macaroni and cheese.  EASY!

We don't have a smoker so I do the brisket in the oven - I'll write that out and share it here at some point ;) The sausage is just Chapel Hill brand (our FAVE) and we just slice it and cook it on the stove.

This is my family's favorite mac and cheese recipe - I doubled it because they're all insane but we still had a TON leftover for lunches the following few days ;)

Actually - I kind of more than double it. I use 2 lbs of pasta, 6 tbsp butter, 6 tbsp flour, 4 cups half and half and the whole 2 lb block of velveeta.

I also made this broccoli salad because some of us did not just want meat ;) hahahaha

It was SUCH a fun way to celebrate Mason and will go down as one of my favorite dinner themes to date. 

You can read up on his past birthday dinners below....

Mason West is FORE-teen

Last Minute No-Theme Thirteenth ;) 

Weiner Dog 12th birthday

Saved By The Bell 11th birthday

2020 What-a-Birthday

Happy Monday, friends!!!