Gwyneth Paltrow shares her summer photos on Instagram

Summer has come and gone, but Gwyneth Paltrow left behind unforgettable memories.

On Monday, September 2, the 51-year-old Goop founder shared a look back at her summer vacation with family and friends in honor of Labor Day.

“Summer has been great for us,” she wrote on Instagram Reels.

The clip, set to Father John Misty’s “Baby,” shows Paltrow flying, swimming, paddleboarding, tasting food and admiring art with her loved ones. Family cameos include her husband, american horror story Co-founder Brad Falchuk and her two children, Apple Martin, 20, and Moses Martin, 18, whom she shares with ex-husband Chris Martin.

Chris appears in the montage with Moses sitting on his lap. There are also guest appearances from Paltrow’s pals Rashida Jones and Reese Witherspoon, among others.

Over the past summer, Paltrow has been making time for those closest to her.

late July, iron man The star enjoyed a girls’ night out with Witherspoon, 48, and Cameron Diaz, 52, to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Diaz’s wine company, Avaline. The girls gathered at a private home in East Hampton, New York, to celebrate the special occasion.

“My girls 💕,” Paltrow added in an Instagram Stories repost shared on Avaline’s account.

“We celebrated Avaline’s 4th anniversary in the Hamptons with a few of our closest friends and it was such a wonderful night. ✨” Diaz and Avaline wrote in the caption of a joint Instagram post they shared on July 30. “We drank wine and had a candlelit dinner together – until the sun went down.

Paltrow also attended her good friend Kate Hudson’s live performance at the Montauk Surf Lodge earlier that month.

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“Gyniss Paltrow was there with her husband, Brad Falchuk, to support her friend,” a source told People at the time.

this shallow hare The star also spent the last days of summer with her children.

Paltrow did an Instagram Stories Q&A with fans on Aug. 23, during which the actress was asked how she’s coping with being an empty nester now that her youngest child is in college.

“Are you sending your two kids to college?” the man asked Paltrow. “That’s what I do, I’m not good.”

In a videotaped response, the star replied: “Not yet.”

Seconds later, Moses appears in the video, adding to the response. “She’s not quite over me yet,” he joked.

In March, Paltrow told sunday times About her son going off to college after her daughter Apple went off to college for the first time two years ago.

While she acknowledged feeling “incredibly sad” to start a new chapter for her children, she added, “This is exactly what should happen.”