function ConvertFrom-Xml {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Used to convert an object from Xml to a hashtable (think `$xml | ConvertFrom-Xml | ConvertTo-Json`)

.PARAMETER Node
    Some XML node to be passed in
#>
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [System.Xml.XmlNode]$Node
    )

    if ($node.DocumentElement) {
        $Node = $Node.DocumentElement
    }

    $name = $Node.Name
    $orderedHashtable = [Ordered]@{ $name = [Ordered]@{} }

    foreach($attribute in $Node.Attributes) {
        $attributeName = $attribute.Name
        $orderedHashtable.$name.$attributeName = $attribute.FirstChild.InnerText
    }

    foreach($child in $Node.ChildNodes) {
        $childName = $child.Name
        $value = $null
        if ($child -is [System.Xml.XmlComment]) {
            $childName = "xmlComments"
            $value = $child.OuterXml
        } elseif ($child -is [System.Xml.XmlText]) {
            $value = $child.InnerText
            $childName = $name
        } else {
            $value = (ConvertFrom-Xml $child).$childName
            # this hackery lets an object like <elem attr="x">text</elem> become elem: { attr = x; elem = val; } but <elem>val</elem> becomes elem: val
            # simple hack is best hack
            # Thanks I hate it too
            if (($null -ne $value.$childName) -and ($value.Keys.Count -eq 1)) {
                $value = $value.$childName
            } else {
                $value = [PSCustomObject]$value
            }
        }

        if ($null -eq $value) {
            continue
        }

        if ($null -eq $orderedHashtable.$name.$childName) {
            $orderedHashtable.$name.$childName = $value
        } else {
            # the key already exists, so we need to be using an array for the values
            if (!($orderedHashtable.$name.$childName -is [Array])) {
                $current = @($orderedHashtable.$name.$childName)
                $orderedHashtable.$name.$childName = $current
            }
            $orderedHashtable.$name.$childName += $value
        }
    }

    return [PSCustomObject]$orderedHashtable
}