Gwyneth Paltrow treated her family to a fun-filled outing with another A-list celebrity on Sunday.
The 51-year-old Oscar winner — who recently opened up about becoming an empty nester — was spotted with her husband Brad Fulchuck, her mother-in-law Nancy Fulchuck and her mom Blythe Danner as they met up with Katy Perry and Katy's three-year-old daughter Daisy.
The group embarked on an adventure at the renowned Lotusland botanical gardens, nestled in the picturesque hillsides of Santa Barbara.
Dressed in a chic black puffer jacket, the Shakespeare In Love actress flashed her megawatt smile as she welcomed the Firework singer and her adorable tot at the entrance of the park.
Katy, 39, opted for a relaxed look, wearing a taupe baseball cap pulled low, a loose grey sweatshirt, and a crossbody bag.
Gwyneth Paltrow treated her family to a fun-filled outing with another A-list celebrity on Sunday
The 51-year-old Oscar winner was spotted with her husband Brad Fulchuck, her mother-in-law Nancy Fulchuck and her mom Blythe Danner as they met up with Katy Perry and Katy's three-year-old daughter Daisy
Gwyneth's elegant 81-year-old mother, an acclaimed actress in her own right, stood aside, studying a map of the lush 37-acre garden.
Brad, meanwhile, looked handsome in a brown corduroy shirt jacket as his gorgeous mom rocked a white polo, faded denim and a black winter jacket.
Gwyneth and Brad have been married since 2018 and last month the actress posted a loving tribute to him in honor of his birthday.
She captioned a sweet snap of them together: 'Happy birthday @bradfalchuk. You are my everything (blue heart emoji).'
Gwyneth was previously married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin from 2003 to 2016 and they share son Moses, 18, and daughter Apple, 19, together.
Brad was also previously married and to fellow TV producer Suzanne Bukinik from 2002 to 2013. They have daughter Isabella, 19, and son Brody, 17, together.
Their outing comes after Gwyneth reflected on becoming an empty nester once her son heads to college.
'It's kind of giving me a nervous breakdown, if I'm honest,' she admitted during the keynote panel at the In Goop Health Summit covered by The Hollywood Reporter.
Dressed in a chic black puffer jacket, the Shakespeare in Love actress flashed her megawatt smile as she welcomed the Firework singer and her adorable tot at the entrance of the park
The group embarked on an adventure at the renowned Lotusland botanical gardens, nestled in the picturesque hillsides of Santa Barbara
Katy, 39, opted for a relaxed look, wearing a taupe baseball cap pulled low, a loose grey sweatshirt, and a crossbody bag
Brad, meanwhile, looked handsome in a brown corduroy shirt jacket as his gorgeous mom rocked a white polo, faded denim and a black winter jacket
'I started being like, "Oh my God, and I need to quit my job and I need to sell my house and I need to move." It's sort of putting things into turmoil,' she added.
Sending kids off to college — daughter Apple is already a sophomore at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee — is something most parents can relate to.
'My identity has been being a mother. Apple's going to be 20 in May. So I've oriented my whole life around them and their schedules and when school starts,' she explained.
'You start to let go in increments when they're driving themselves around or doing certain things. It is a slower process.'
She added: 'I feel really lucky because I have a close group of mom friends and we all raised our kids alongside one another. So we’re kind of in it together.'
Moses will be enrolling in Brown University in the fall and Rhode Island is a long way from Los Angeles.
So the mom of two has been doing some reading on empty nest syndrome and healthy ways to let your kids go off and build their own life.
'Psychologist-astrologist Jennifer Freed said, "I would like you to think of it as being free birds instead of having an empty nest." And that resonates,' she said.
'Instead of creating a sense of loss – what if I were free? And I could say yes to a girls' weekend, because I didn't feel guilty. That kind of thing,' she added.
Katy shares Daisy with Orlando Bloom; (pictured in April)
She captioned a sweet snap of them together: 'Happy birthday @bradfalchuk. You are my everything (blue heart emoji)'
Paltrow's son Moses will soon begin college
Moses' pending departure has been heavy on the Shallow Hal star's mind in recent interviews in which she's described motherhood as something that's made her 'so defined and so fulfilled.'
'On the one hand, incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief. On the other hand, this is exactly what should be happening,' is how she explained her feelings about Moses going to college to The Sunday Times.
And she won't be going through it alone, either. Her husband Brad's son Brody will also be heading off to college in the fall.
'It'll be interesting to see how the morning routine changes with no kids in the house,' she said.
