Use function in remote session, return value to local session?

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I had an interesting problem today I was not quite sure how to address.
I am manipulating certificates in the localmachine store on a remote server and would like to use a function from the local session within that remote session.
I am using write-processlog to create a log of the commands as they are executed.

Function write-Processlog
{	param([string]$logstring)
    Write-Host $logstring
	Add-Content -LiteralPath $certCreationLog $logstring
}

Then I thought I would like to use this function with in my invoke-command block to return the certificates I remove.

        Invoke-Command -ComputerName $FQDN -ScriptBlock {
        param ($FQDN) $certs = Get-ChildItem cert:/localmachine/my | Where-Object {$_.Subject -notmatch $FQDN}
            foreach($cert in $certs){
                $store = Get-Item $cert.PSParentPath
                $store.Open('ReadWrite')
                $store.Remove($cert)
                $store.Close()
            }
        } -ArgumentList $FQDN -ErrorAction Stop

Any help returning $cert that is removed would be helpful.

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Hi Jason,

Returning objects from a remote computer is really easy.

$RemovedCertInformationList = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $FQDN -ScriptBlock {
        param ($FQDN) $certs = Get-ChildItem cert:/localmachine/my | Where-Object {$_.Subject -notmatch $FQDN}
            foreach($cert in $certs){
                $store = Get-Item $cert.PSParentPath
                $store.Open('ReadWrite')
                $store.Remove($cert)
                $store.Close()

                Write-Output -InputObject $cert # Output certificate object to the pipeline on the remote computer
            }
        } -ArgumentList $FQDN -ErrorAction Stop

Best,
Daniel