Birthday Dinner - Steaks and Hash Brown Casserole

In addition to trying to have 50 cakes, I wanted to a special dinner with family and close friends that consisted of some of my favorite foods.  My go to protein is steak.  I always enjoy a steak and they are easy to cook at home.  For my birthday dinner, I prepared the steaks two ways.  One was using a dry rub and letting the sit uncovered in the refrigerator all day.  Another method was using a marinade - similar to the one posted below from All-Recipes.  I tried one of the dry rub and it was good, but I put too much seasoning on the outside.  Later I tried one of the marinated steaks and it was very good.  My only problem with cooking steaks at home is that I tend to overcook them on my grill.  I think that because I like more medium well than rare that I err on the side of cooking too long.  I am still working on that part of cooking them at home.  I am also still looking for the perfect marinade.  Any suggestions are appreciated.  In addition to the steaks, a few friends made a hash brown casserole to go with the steaks.  That was the perfect accompaniment.  I found a recipe similar to what they made and posted it below.  Perhaps if one of them read this, they will post the recipe they used.