When is Spring Coming to Mid Westen States?

The weather in the Midwest has been either cloudy, windy, rain, freezing rain, or snow :-(  I guess we're being punished as we had an early spring last year. Snow that fell last Thursday had melted away;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

due to the moisture and precipitation coming towards us, the forecast for this weekend will be more rain coming.  :-( Here are some of my flowering plants I had in the middle of May 2012....the above photos were my roses last year....they're located on the west side of our house. I also planted some vegetables and herbs which were located beside our fence.