Kate Gosselin: Happy 35th Birthday! Better than Last Year?

Kate Gosselin spent her 35th birthday today in Los Angeles, away from her kids, rehearsing for Dancing With the Stars.

US Magazine reports that Kate spent most of the day apart from her children on Saturday as well, even though she was at the family home in Pennsylvania for half the day.

Early Saturday morning, Kate’s bodyguard Steve Neild and his wife, Gina, arrived with a birthday gift for Kate.  Kate’s DWTS partner Tony Dovolani arrived at the family home about 9:30 a.m. for a three-hour practice session in the basement.

On Saturday afternoon, Steve and Kate and Tony headed to the airport and to Los Angeles to tape Dancing with the Stars.

Kate’s 35th birthday is way better than her last birthday!  Last year, Kate she spent her big day alone while husband Jon Gosselin took his girlfriend Deanna Hummel snowboarding in Utah.